Table 6.
Major polyphenolic compounds of some Mentha species
| Species | Essential oil main components | Polyphenolic Compounds | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. piperita L. | cineol (8.69%) | Rosmarinic acid, caffeic acid, lithospermic acids, salvianolic acid, syringic acid, gallic acid, vanillic acid, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, protocatechuic acid glucoside, isosalvianolic acid A, prolithospermic acid, salvianolic acid, danshensu, chlorogenic acid, Luteolin 7-O-rutinoside, isorhoifolin, eriodictyol 7-O-glucoside, hesperidin, eriocitrin, narirutin, diosmin, sorbifolin, thymosin, sideritoflavone, ladanein, xanthomicrol, acacetin, salvigenin, 5-O-demethylnobiletin, pebrellin, hesperidin, Catechin, rutin, quercetin, medioresinol, medioresinol sulfate, trans-resveratrol | ( 3 , 122 , 163 - 168 ) |
| menthol (40.47%) | |||
| menthone (36.58%) | |||
| menthol acetate (4.33%) | |||
| sabinene (1.64%) | |||
| α-pinene (1.11%) | |||
| M. Spicata L. | carvone(42.84%) | Rosmarinic acid, veratric acid, vanillic acid, homovanillic acid, hydroxybenzoic acid, syringic acid, 4-hydroxy cinnamic acid, trans-hydroxy cinnamic , 4-hydroxy cinnamic acid, 2-hydroxy cinnamic ,4-hydroxy cinnamic acid, ferulic acid, gallic acid, protocatechuic acid, chlorogenic, caffeic , 4-hydroxy cinnamic acid, p-coumaric, 4-Hydroxy benzoic acid, diosmin, diosmin-7-glucoside, 6,4′ -trihydroxy-7,3′-dimethoxflavone, desmethoxynobiletin, 5,6-di-hydroxy-7,8,3′,4′-tetramethoxyflavone, thymonin, sideritiflavone, 5-Hydroxy-3′,4′,6,7-tetramethoxyflavone, thymonin, naringenin, luteolin, apigenin, rutin, catechin, chrysoeriol, 5,6-dihydroxy-7, 8,3′,4′-tetramethoxyflavone, nodifloretin, quercetin, luteolin, scopoletin, catechin, epicatechin, myricetin, apigenin, kaempferol, spicatolignan A, spicatolignan B | ( 3 , 122 , 163 , 169 , 170 ) |
| carveol (34.98%) | |||
| menthol (40.47%) | |||
| α-pinene (17.77%) | |||
| M. rotundifolia L. | cineol (2.4%) | Caffeic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, chlorogenic acid, rosmarinic acid, apigenin, luteolinidin, elargonidin, cyanidin, delphinidin, petunidin, luteolin, thymonin, thymosin, 5,6-dihydroxy-7,8,3′,4′-tetramethoxyflavone, jaceo-sidin, hispidulin, ladanein, sorbifolin, nodifloretin, Esculetin, diosmin, naringenin, kaempferol | ( 9 , 122 , 171 ) |
| limonene (1.8%) | |||
| menthol (40.50%) | |||
| menthone (5%) | |||
| menthofuran (4.2%) | |||
| isomenthone(2.5%) | |||
| linalool (2%) | |||
| linalyl acetate(3.5%) | |||
| piperitone (3.1%) | |||
| menthyl acetate (4.5%) | |||
| M. longifolia L. | limonene (4.3%) | Rosmarinic acid, salvianolic acid, Luteolin-glucuronide, eriodi-ctyol- glucopyranosyl-rhamnopyranoside | ( 167 , 172 , 173 ) |
| piperitenone (43.9%) | |||
| Tripal (14.3%) | |||
| oxathiane (9.3%) | |||
| piperitone oxide (5.9%) | |||
| M. pulgium L. | limonene (1.2%) | Caffeic acid, vanillic acids , ferulic acid, 4-Hydroxy benzoic, p-coumaric acids, chlorogenic acids, rosmarinic acid, Diosmin, Thymonin, jaceosidin, pectolinaringenin, ladanein, sorbifolin, pedalitin, 5,6,4′-trihydroxy-7,3′-dimethoxyflavone; 5,6-dihydroxy-7,3′,4′-trimethoxyflavone; 5-hydroxy-6,7,3′,4′- tetramethoxyflavone, apigenin, luteolin, chrysoeriol, kaemp-ferol, naringenin, catechin | ( 9 , 143 , 170 ) |
| menthol(3.28%) | |||
| menthone (3.09%) | |||
| menthofuran (2.15%) | |||
| pulegone (6.45%) | |||
| isomenthone (1.56%) | |||
| carvone (1.13%) | |||
| piperitenone (21.18%) | |||
| piperitone (35.56%) | |||
| α-terpineol (10.89%) | |||
| M. arvenisis L. | limonene (1.47%) | rosmarinic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, neoponcirin, narirutin, biochanin A, apigenin, hesperetin | ( 174 , 175 ) |
| menthol (21.33%) | |||
| menthone (29.41%) | |||
| isomenthone (10.80%) | |||
| eucalyptol (6.91%) ,linalool (2.2%) | |||
| M. suaveolens L. | pulegone (62.3-34.3%) | 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, vanillic acid, chlorogenic acid, Viola-xanthin, Antheraxanthin, Lutein, Zeaxanthin, 13Z-β Carotene, α-Carotene, E-β-Carotene, 9Z-β-Carotene syringic acid,o-coumaric acid, p-coumaric acid | ( 9 , 176 ) |
| menthone (39.4–10.8%) | |||
| isomenthone (9.3–7.8%) | |||
| M. aquatica L. | menthofuran (66–64%) | Rutin-O-glc, lavandulifolioside, eriodictyol O-rut, quercetin-3-O-soph, verbascoside, caffeic acid, rosmarinic acid | ( 3 , 177 ) |
| cineol (7%) | |||
| limonene (4–9%) | |||
| menthol (0–2%) | |||
| menthone (0–1%) |