... 2000 ISOLATION OF SESQUITERPENOIDS FROM THE RHIROMES OF VIETNAMESE CURCUMA AROMATICA SALISB. Received 5-6-2000 Phan Minh Giang, Phan Tong Son College of Natural Science, Vietnam National University, ... University, Hanoi Summary The petroleum ether extract from the rhizomes of Curcuma aromatica Salisb. growing in Vietnam was subjected to repeated flash chromatography on silica gel to give six ... rhizomes of C. aromatica Salisb. , Zingiberaceae, have been used medicinally in China, Japan and Southeast Asia [1]. As it contains bioactive principles, the chemical composition of C. aromatica have...