Essential

Oil

Plant source

Major components

Bibliographic sources

Thyme

Thymus vulgaris

Thymol, carvacrol, γ-terpinene, p-cymene, linalool.

[61] - [69]

Thyme

Thymus vulgaris

1,8-cineol (14.26%), γ-terpinen (12.06%), p-cimen (10.50%) and α-terpinen (9.22%).

[70]

Thyme sp

α-thujene, α-pinene, β-myrcene, phellandrene, α-terpinene, p-cymene, γ-terpinene, 4-terpineol, carvacrol, β-bisabolene, carvone.

[71] [72]

Thyme sp

Thyme contains monoterpene phenols, including carvacrol (isopropyl-o-cresol; 0.4% - 20.6%), thymol (2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol or isopropyl-m-cresol) and p-cymene, and other monoterpenes, such as α-pinene, 1,8-cineol, camphor, linalool and borneol.

[1] [3]

Basil

Ocimum basilicum L.

Geraniol, p-allylanisole, 1,8–cineole, transα–bergamotene and neryl acetate.

[73] [74]

Basil

Ocimum basilicum L.

Total amount of phenols. High activity of the extract was also demonstrated in the DPPH and ABTS tests.

[60]

Basil

Ocimum basilicum L.

Flavonoids and phenolic acids.

[58]

Basil

Ocimum basilicum L.

Methyl chavicol, gitoxigenin, trimethoquinol, β-guaiene, aciphyllene, alizarin, naphthaline, (–)-caryophyllene, and mequinol

[75] [76]

Basil

Ocimum basilicum L.

The 52 compounds were identified: linalool, 1,8-cineole, (Z)-isoeugenol, 1-epi-cubenol, α-transbergamotene, and (Z)-anethol. Further compounds, occurring in amounts between 2 and 3%, are trans-muurola-4-(14), 5-diene (2.8%), caryophyllene (2.4%), isobornylacetate (2.1%), whereas all the others are present in amounts lower than 2%.

[77]

Basil

Ocimum basilicum L.

Estragole, 1, 6-octadien-3-ol, 3,7-dimethyl.

[74]

Basil

Ocimum basilicum L.

Methyl chavicol, trans-ocimen, z-β-ocimen, limonene and α-pinene. Most of the compounds were monoterpene hydrocarbons and the lowest-sesquiter-feather hydrocarbons.

[60]

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus L.

Caffeoylquinic acids, quercetin, isorhamnetin, syringetin, apigenin, patuletin derivatives, davidigenin, sakuranetin, four phenolic acid derivatives and one coumarin.

[60]

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus L.

α-pinene, β-pinene, β-myrcene, limonene, z-β-ocimene, trans-ocimene, terpinene, linalool, ocimene (allo), methyl chavicol, geranial iso bornyl acetate eugenol, iso safrole (E), methyl eugenol, valencene, β-sesquiphellandrene cinnamaldehyde, spathulenol.

[78]

Tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus L.

Major phenolic compounds, chlorogenic, syringic, and caffeic acids, the predominant flavonoid-quercetin.

[79] [80]

French tarragon

Artemisia dracunculus L.

Anisaldehyde, paracymene, eugenol, limonene, linalool, menthol, cis-ocimene, α-phellandrene, α-pinene and β-pinene.

[81]