Research Article

Phytochemical Study of Eight Medicinal Plants of the Lamiaceae Family Traditionally Used as Tea in the Sharri Mountains Region of the Balkans

Table 1

Phytochemical analysis of essential oils obtained from the extracts of plants used as teas, belonging to the Lamiaceae family.

Compound name and classKovats indexOcimum basilicumMentha longifoliaTeucrium chamaedrysSideritis scardicaThymus serpyllumRosmarinus officinalisMelissa officinalisOriganum vulgare

α-Pinene9390.250.461.341.3310.830.49
Camphene9543.28
Sabinene9750.3611.16
1-Octen-3-ol9792.92
β-Pinene9790.160.642.350.57
Myrcene9900.390.440.512.540.33
o-Cymene10260.611.02
Limonene10290.620.700.653.102.61
p-Cymene10312.58
1.8-cineole10313.893.6919.321.44
Z-β-Ocimene10370.171.252.18
E-β-Ocimene10500.130.102.202.72
γ-Terpinene10590.230.523.23
Linalool10964.770.3416.901.96
α-Terpinene10177.11
Camphor11461.3713.71
Menthone115273.77
Borneol11690.204.410.49
Terpinen-4-ol11771.021.45
Isomenthol11823.30-
α-Terpineol11880.540.152.670.83
Dihydrocarveol11931.70
Verbenone1205-3.00
Linalool acetate125422.35
Geranial12670.8020.38
Isobornyl acetate12850.170.163.74
Thymol12900.400.500.203.103.17
Carvacrol12980.120.5410.23
Menthyl acetate12951.16
iso-Menthyl acetate13044.10
α-Copaene13760.140.660.65
E-methyl cinnamate13781.05
Geranyl acetate13812.19
β-Bourbonene13882.470.280.82
iso-Longifolene13902.20
β-Elemene13900.571.020.29
Methyl eugenol140312.10-
E-Caryophyllene14194.083.963.908.4311.587.3210.49
Β-Ylangene14202.77
α-trans-Bergamotene14341.97
β-Copaene14321.040.23
α-Humulene14540.140.130.878.870.390.221.47
E-β-Farnesene14561.05
γ-Muurolene14802.230.87
Germacrene D14811.8124.102.541.350.2914.20
cis-Β-guaiene14931.07
β-Macrocarpene14991.81
Bicyclogermacrene15002.330.181.080.302.88
β-Bisabolene15050.950.452.48
Germacrene a15093.53
Cubebol15151.04
δ-Cadinene15230.450.126.971.052.87
Zonarene15291.300.38
Γ-Cuprenene15330.471.62
Elemol15492.624.211.39
Dodecanoic acid15661.465.59-
Spathulenol15782.540.320.570.3418.610.88
Caryophyllene oxide15831.410.191.212.090.531.171.992.18
Benzophenone16272.70
Caryophylla-4 (12), 8 (13)-diene-5β-ol16400.251.87
Epi-α-muurolol16421.001.63
Cubenol16460.150.640.663.46
α-Cadinol16540.331.100.701.450.54
7-Epi-α-eudesmol16632.29
Khusinol16762.37
Epi-α-bisabolol16840.221.121.880.63
α-Costol17741.24
Cyclopentadecanolide18331.12
E,E-farnesyl acetate18433.27
Phenyl ethyl octanoate.18470.841.17
Isophyllocladene19682.33
Hexadecanoic acid199512.0912.68
Eicosane200010.89
Sclareolide20665.52
N-Octadecanol20771.08
Pseudo-phytol20183.25
Linoleic acid21336.033.99
Oleic acid21421.83
n-Docosane22002.940.75
n-Tricosane23001.542.31
Isopimarol23101.541.900.63
n-Pentacosan25000.344.302.08
Hexacosane26004.541.300.69
Heptacosane27004.16-
Octacosane28001.182.941.74

Total99.9899.9999.0194.399.9910−72.8989.07
Monoterpenes1.302.852.044.3314.1722.483.7823.32
Oxygenated monoterpenes11.5589.462.711.1644.8153.4720.3818.26
Sesquiterpenes14.145.4349.3012.9222.7814.159.1836.92
Oxygenated sesquiterpenes10.192.0511.0314.742.389.5828.5610.57
Diterpenes4.31
Oxygenated diterpenes3.9711.501.900.63
Fatty acids and derivatives0.2023.9022.250.420.325.59
Hydrocbons4.9220.7213.534.77-
Phenylpropanoids and other compounds62.80.750.50
Unknown0.391,87