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, trans–α–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] |