TY - BOOK AU - Sherine Sayed Mohamed Elshamy AU - Amira Ahmed Abdelmotaal , AU - Hanaa Ahmed Kassem , AU - Seham Salah Eldeen Elhawary , TI - Phytochemical and tissue culture studies on alpinia zerumbet ( Pers . ) B. L. family zingiberaceae / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Sherine Sayed Mohamed Elshamy , KW - Alpinia KW - Essential oils KW - Phenolic compound N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Pharmacy - Department of Pharmocognosy; Issued also as CD N2 - Alpinia zerumbet ( Pers . ) B. L. is an ornamental aromatic plant . The preliminary phytochemical screening of the leaves and the rhizomes revealed the presence of essential oils , carbohydrates , glycosides , sterols , flavonoids and triterpenes . The fresh leaves and rhizomes of alpinia zerumbet ( Pers . ) were subjected to hydrodistillation ER -