Review Article

Nutraceutical Profiling, Bioactive Composition, and Biological Applications of Lepidium sativum L.

Table 2

The chemical composition of essential oils isolated from different parts of L. sativum.

Plant part usedBioactive compoundsRegions/ countryReferences

Aerial partAlpha-pinene; sabinene; limonene; 1,8-cineole; β-thujone; phenylacetonitrile; benzyl isothiocyanate; hexadecanoic acid; linoleic acid.Iran[45]

SeedsAlpha-pinene; 1,8-cineole; phenylacetonitrile; benzyl isothiocyanate.Iran[45]
Alpha-pinene; sabinene; alpha-phellandrene; eucalyptol; gamma-terpinene; linanool; terpinen-4-ol; alpha-terpineol; propanoate; alpha-terpinyl acetate; E-nerolidol.Greece[49]
Docosatrienoic acid; linoleic acid; eicosenoic acid; palmitic acid; arachidonoic acid; eruic acid; stearic acid; arachidic acid.Ethiopia[50]
Alpha-tocopherol; gamma-tocopherol; cholesterol; campesterol; stigmasterol; sitosterol; avenasterol.USA[47]
7,10-Hexadecadienoic acid, methyl ester; 11-octadecenoic acid, methyl ester; behenic acid, methyl ester; 7,10,13-hexadecatrienoic acid, methyl ester; stearic acid, methyl ester; hexadecanoic acid, 15-methyl-, methyl ester; 15-tetracosenoic acid, methyl ester; 10-octadecenoic acid, methyl ester; heneicosanoic acid, methyl ester.Saudi Arabia[51]
Myristic acid; palmitic acid; palmitoleic acid; stearic acid; oleic acid; linoleic acid; linolenic acid; arachidic acid; gadoleic acid; cholesterol acid; stigmasterol; campesterol; beta-sitosterol; 5-avenasterol; alpha-tocopherol; beta-tocopherol; gamma-tocopherol.Morocco[38]
Toluene, octane, (E,Z)-1,3,5-octatriene, ethylbenzene, 2-furanmethanol, styrene, methional, benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, benzaldehyde, benzyl alcohol, 1-isocyano-2-methylbenzene, benzyl isothiocyanate, benzylurea, 1-benzyl-2(1 H)-pyridone, (Z)-8-heptadecene, palmitic acid, cyclic octaatomic sulfur, oleic acid, linoleic acid, nonadecanamide, arachidic acid, etc.India[20]
Linolenic acid, oleic acid, arachidic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid.India[52]
Myristic acid; palmitoleic acid; palmitic acid; alpha-linolenic acid; octadecenoic acid; stearic acid; 9-octadecen-12-ynoic acid; paullinic acid; arachidic acid; erucic acid; behenic acid; nervonic acid; lignoceric acid.Saudi Arabia[53]
Alpha-linolenic acid; oleic acid; linoleic acid; eicosanoic acid; palmitic acid; erucic acid; arachidic acid; stearic acids.India[46]
Beta-amyrin; 9,12,15-octadecatrienoic acid methyl ester; 9-octadecenoic acid methyl ester; alpha-amyrin; 11-eicosenoic acid methyl ester; 9,12-octadecadienoic acid; hexadecanoic acid methyl ester.Saudi Arabia[54]
Geraniol; citronellol; nerol; triacontane; palmitic acid; 1,6-octadien-3-ol, 3,7-dimethyl.Egypt[55]

RootsAlpha-pinene; benzyl isothiocyanate; hexadecanoic acid; linoleic acid.Iran[45]