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. 2017 Dec 26;7(1):2. doi: 10.3390/plants7010002

Table 1.

Principal components of flavonoids and phenolic compounds of different oregano species.

Oregano Species Origin Extraction Solvent Flavonoids and Phenolic Acids Constituents Reference
Hedeoma patens Mexico Methanol/acetone/water (50:40:10) 3-O-caffeoylquinic acid, luteolin-7-O-glucuronide, scutellarein-7-O-hexoside, salvianolic acid A [4]
Lippia alba (Mill.) N. E. Brown Brazil Methanol 62.5% Apigenin-7-O-diglucuronide, chrysoeriol-7-O-diglucuronide, luteolin-7-O-glucuronide, tricin-7-O-diglucuronide, tricin-7-O-glucuronide [25]
Lippia alba (Mill.) N. E. Brown France Methanol/hydromethanol Luteolin-7-diglucuronide, verbascoside, chlorogenic acid [28]
Lippia alba (Mill.) N.E. Brown Brazil Chloroform 5,5′′-dihydroxy-6,4′,6′′,3′′′,4′′′-pentamethoxy-[C7–O–C7′′]-biflavone, 4′,4,5,5′′-tetrahydroxy-6,6′′,3′′′-trimethoxy-[C7–O–C7′′]-biflavone [22]
Lippia citriodora Germany Water Verbasoside, luteolin-7-diglucuronide, apigenin-7-diglucuronide [29]
Lippia graveolens Mexico Methanol/acetone/water (50:40:10) Quercetin O-hexoside, scutellarein 7-O-hexoside, phloridzin, trihydroxy-methoxyflavone derivative, 6-O-methylscutellarein [4]
Lippia graveolens NR 1 Methanol 70% 6-Hydroxyluteolin 7-O-hexoside, pentaflavanone-B hexoside-1, pentaflavanone-B hexoside-2, scutellarein 7-O-hexoside, luteolin 7-O-glucoside, taxifolin, 6-hydroxyluteolin 7-O-rhamnoside, 6-hydroxyluteolin, 3-hydroxyphloretin 6′-O-hexoside, apigenin 7-O-glucoside, phloridzin, scutellarein, eriodictyol, luteolin, quercetin, naringenin, 6-methylscutellarein, 6,7-dimethylscutellarein, sakuranetin, pinocembrin, galangin, methylgalangin [9]
Lippia graveolens USA Methanol 100% Eriodictyol, naringenin, hispidulin, cirsimaritin [30]
Lippia micromera Colombia Methanol/hydromethanol Naringenin, apigenin [28]
Lippia origanoides Colombia Methanol 62.5% Quercetin, naringenina, luteolin, pinocembrin [25]
Lippia palmeri Mexico Methanol/acetone/water (50:40:10) Quercetin-O-hexoside, luteolin 7-O-glucuronide-3′-O-glucoside, scutellarein 7-O-hexoside, trihydroxy-methoxyflavone derivative [4]
Majorana hortensis Moench. Poland Water Caffeic acid, lithospermic acid, rosmarinic acid [31]
O. acutidens Turkey Water Gallic acid, caffeic acid, 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, p-coumaric acid, rosmarinic acid [32]
O. dictamus Greece Methanol 62.5%/BHT Vanillic acid, protocatechuic acid, syringic acid, gallic acid, cinnamic acid, o-coumaric acid, p-coumaric acid, caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, rosmarinic acid, chrysin, epicatechin, naringenin, catechin, genistein, quercetin [33]
O. dictamus Greece Water Chlorogenic acid, rutin, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, apigenin-7-O-glucoisde, rosmarinic acid, luteolin [34]
O. indercedens Greece Methanol Caffeic acid, rosmarinic acid [35]
O. majoram L. Germany Methanol 60%/Formic acid 1% Apigenin-6,8-di-C-glucoside, luteolin-7′-O-glucuronide, rosmarinic acid, apigenin-glucuronide, lithospermic acid A isomer a, salvianolic acid B, apigenin [36]
O. majoram L. Tunisia Methanol Dihydroxybenzoic acid hexose, syringic acid, vanillic acid, dihydroxybenzoic acid, p-coumaric acid, chlorogenic acid, salvianolic acid I, caffeoyl-arbutin, rosmarinic acid, gallocatechin isomer 1, gallocatechin isomer 2, 3-O-methyl-catechin, luteolin-6,8-C-dihexose, apigenin-6,8-di-C-hexoside, isoorientin, orientin, isovitexin, kaempferol-O-sumbubioside, kaempferol-O-glucuronide, luteolin-O-glycoside, diosmin, apigenin-O-glucuronide, acacetin rutinoside, luteolin, apigenin, taxifolin, taxifolin methyl ether isomer 1, taxifolin methyl ether isomer 2, dihydrokaempferide, hesperidin, eriodictyol, sakuranetin, O-methy-quercetin, dimethyl myriceitn, quercetin dimethyl ether, jaceidin isomer 1, jaceidin isomer 2 [37]
Greece Water Vanillic acid, protocatechuic acid, syringic acid, gallic acid, cinnamic acid, o-coumaric acid, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, caffeic acid, sinapic acid, rosmarinic acid, chrysin, epicatechin, naringenin, catechin, kaempferol, quercetin [34]
Poland Methanol Protocatechuic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, gentisic acid, chlorogenic acid, syringic acid [38]
Turkey Methanol 80% Caffeic acid glucoside, epigallocatechin, arbutin, luteolin ruitinoside, luteolin glucuronide, rosmarinic acid, dihydroquercetin, dihydroluteolin, apigenin, quercetin, quercetin arabinoside, luteolin-7-O-glucoside gallocatechin derivative [39]
Germany Methanol 50% Luteolin-6,8-di-C-glucoside, apigenin-6,8-di-C-glucoside, luteolin-glucuronide, rosmarinic acid, apigenin-glucuronide, lithospermic acid, apigenin [40]
O. majoram L. USA Methanol 80% Eriodictyol 6,8-di-C-glucoside, eriodictyol 7-O-glucoside, apigenin 6,8-di-C-glucoside, luteolin 7,7′-di-O-glucuronide, luteolin 7-O-glucuronide-3′-O-glucoside, apigenin 7-O-diglucuronide, luteolin 7-O-glucuronide, luteolin 7-O-glucuronide, luteolin 7-O-glucoside, apigenin 7-O-glucoside, apigenin 7-O-glucuronide, rosmarinic acid [41]
Turkey Water Gallic acid, caffeic acid, p-coumaric acid, rosmarinic acid, chicoric acid, apigenin-7-glucoside, quercetin, kaempferol [32]
Italy Cascade extraction with ethyl acetate and ethanol Eriodictyol 7-O-rutinoside, aromadendrin, eriodictyol, naringenin, luteolin, sorbifolin, cirsiliol, apigenin, cirsilineol, cirsimaritin, xanthomicrol, caffeic acid, rosmarinic acid [42]
Greece Cascade extraction with hexane and ethyl acetate Salvianolic acid H, salvianolic acid B, rosmarinic acid, salvianolic acid C, eriodictyol, naringenin [43]
Finland Methanol 40% Calleryanin 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate, gastrodin 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate, calleryanin 3-hydroxy,4-methoxybenzoate [44]
Portugal Methanol 80% Gallic acid, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, (+)-catechin, caffeic acid, (−)-epicatechin, rosmarinic acid [10]
Oregano 2 Turkey Methanol 80% Gallic acid, syringic acid, vanillic acid, protocatechuic acid, chlorogenic acid, p-coumaric acid, quercetin-3-O-hexoside, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, ferulic acid, phloridzin, dicaffeoylquinic acid, apigenin-7-O-rutinoside, rutin, apigenin-7-O-glucoside, rosmarinic acid, luteolin-3-O-glucuronide, luteolin-7-O-rutinoside, quercetin, apigenin, 4′-methoxyapigenin, 6,7-dimethoxyscutellarein, luteolin [45]
Poliomintha longiflora NR 1 Phosphate buffer Vanillic acid, caffeic acid, luteolin, rosmarinic acid, hispidulin [46]

1 Not reported, 2 Species not mentioned.