The essential oil of Zingiber montanum () Link ex . growing wild in the province Lai Chau of Vietnam was obtained by steam distillation and dried with Na2SO4. By GC-MS, 31 components in the essential oil were predicted by comparing their retention times and molecular weights mass spectra with those of the standards. | Primary study on the components and physico chemical as well as biological properties of the essential oil from zingiber montanum growing in Lai Chau, Vietnam