국내에서 소비되고 있는 대표적인 향신료 중의 하나인 생강의 essential oil 조성을 분석코저 SDE 방법에 의해서 분리하여 silica gel column chromatography에 의해 탄화수소 화합물 분획과 함산소화합물 분획으로 분리한 다음 GC 및 GC-MS에 의해 성분을 확인하였다. 신선한 생강의 essential oil의 수율은 0.32%로서 탄화수소화합물 분획이 68.1%, 함산소화합물 분획이 31.9%를 차지하였으며, mass spectrum에 의해서 잠정적으로 확인된 47종을 포함하여 101종의 성분이 확인되었다. 그 중 탄화수소화합물 분획에서는 camphene, ${eta}-phellandrene$, zingiberene, ${gamma}-bisabolene,;{ate}-bisabolene$, ${eta}-sesquiphellandrene$이 주성분이었으며, 함산소화합물 분획에서는 1,8-cineol, neral, geranyl acetate, citronellol, geranial, ${alpha}-terpineol+borneol$등이 주성분이었다. 외국산 생강의 essential oil의 조성과 비교한 결과 국내산 생강은 essential oil의 수율은 높은 편이나 sesquiterpene hydrocarbon의 함량이 높은 경향을 보였다.
The essential oils of the two cultivars of Korean ginger were isolated by simultaneous steam distillation and extraction method. Then the essential oils were fractionated into one hydrocarbon fraction and two oxygented hydrocarbon fractions by using silica gel column chromatography. The composition of the resulting oils were investigated by GC-MS spectrometry. The volatile oil contents of the two fresh cultivars were 0.32%(wb) and consisted of 68.1% hydrocarbon and 31.9% oxygenated hydrocarbons. Out of 101 characterized compounds, 54 were identified by comparing GC retentions and mass spectral data with authentic samples and 47 were tentatively identified according to mass spectral data only. The major compounds of hydrocarbon fraction were camphene, ${eta}-phellandrene$, zingiberene, ${gamma}-bisabolene,;{ate}-sesquiphellandrene$, and of oxygenated hydrocarbon fractions were 1,8-cineol, neral, geranial, geranyl acetate, citronellol, geraniol and ${alpha}-terpeneol+borneol$. Comparing the yield and composition of Korean ginger oil with those from other origins reported, Korean ginger oils showed good yields of oil, whilst those contained higher amounts of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons.
