Table 4a.

Phenolic acids and their amounts in methanolic extracts (mg g⁻¹ DW).

Plant species	4-Hydroxybenzoic acid	Vanillic acid	Chlorogenic acid	Syringic acid	o-Coumaric acid	p-Coumaric acid
Family Lamiaceae
Stachys byzantina K. Koch	0.006 ± 0.002	0.113 ± 0.037	0.002 ± 0.0002	2.368 ± 0.311	0.013 ± 0.004	0.006 ± 0.001
Coleus blumei Benth.	0.002 ± 0.0004	0.061 ± 0.025	0.001 ± 0.0002	4.086 ± 0.485	0.097 ± 0.018	0.003 ± 0.001
Salvia officinalis (L.) cv. purpur.	0.002 ± 0.000	0.119 ± 0.027	0.229 ± 0.011	0.017 ± 0.002	2.08 ± 0.86	0.007 ± 0.000
Salvia officinalis L.	0.010 ± 0.001	0.163 ± 0.021	0.038 ± 0.007	0.013 ± 0.004	3.243 ± 0.907	0.015 ± 0.005
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.	0.001 ± 0.000	0.099 ± 0.057	0.034 ± 0.005	0.082 ± 0.017	0.927 ± 0.122	0.007 ± 0.001
Lavandula officinalis Mill.	0.181 ± 0.021	0.319 ± 0.064	0.003 ± 0.001	1.365 ± 0.256	0.081 ± 0.019	3.543 ± 0.067
Mentha spicata L.	0.001 ± 0.000	0.020 ± 0.011	0.034 ± 0.005	0.004 ± 0.001	0.627 ± 0.089	0.023 ± 0.001
Rosmarinus officinalis L.	0.005 ± 0.001	0.025 ± 0.003	0.024 ± 0.002	0.014 ± 0.006	0.523 ± 0.085	0.029 ± 0.000
Melissa officinalis L.	⁎	0.073 ± 0.036	0.006 ± 0.001	0.008 ± 0.003	0.563 ± 0.074	0.0206 ± 0.005
Stachys byzantina K. Koch	0.001 ± 0.000	0.020 ± 0.011	0.034 ± 0.005	0.004 ± 0.001	0.627 ± 0.089	0.023 ± 0.001
Coleus blumei Benth.	0.005 ± 0.001	0.025 ± 0.003	0.024 ± 0.002	0.014 ± 0.006	0.523 ± 0.085	0.029 ± 0.000
Salvia officinalis (L.) cv. purpur.	⁎	0.073 ± 0.036	0.006 ± 0.001	0.008 ± 0.003	0.563 ± 0.074	0.0206 ± 0.005
Family Asteraceae
Calendula officinalis L.	0.006 ± 0.001	0.092 ± 0.001	0.004 ± 0.001	3.653 ± 0.712	0.007 ± 0.001	0.011 ± 0.002
Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton	0.001 ± 0.000	0.049 ± 0.014	0.005 ± 0.0003	5.078 ± 0.804	0.013 ± 0.005	0.001 ± 0.000
Achillea filipendulina Lam.	0.003 ± 0.0002	0.041 ± 0.019	0.002 ± 0.0006	3.593 ± 0.780	0.080 ± 0.015	0.001 ± 0.000
Helianthus annuus L.	0.003 ± 0.000	0.025 ± 0.012	0.001 ± 0.0001	⁎	0.008 ± 0.003	0.006
Helianthus tuberosus L.	0.001 ± 0.000	0.019 ± 0.012	0.012 ± 0.001	1.279 ± 0.345	0.075 ± 0.019	0.011 ± 0.001
Echinops ritro L.	⁎	0.302 ± 0.074	0.001 ± 0.0005	1.616 ± 0.242	⁎	0.003 ± 0.001
Helianthus annuus⁎⁎ L.	0.011 ± 0.002	0.021 ± 0.008	0.002 ± 0.0007	0.782 ± 0.070	0.001 ± 0.0004	0.001 ± 0.000
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench	0.003 ± 0.0004	0.102 ± 0.065	0.033 ± 0.006	2.023 ± 0.075	⁎	0.003 ± 0.001
Family Rosaceae
Potentilla recta L.	0.005 ± 0.001	0.027 ± 0.01	0.030 ± 0.004	0.015 ± 0.001	⁎	0.015 ± 0.005
Cerasus mahaleb (L.) Mill.	0.093 ± 0.015	0.043 ± 0.011	0.187 ± 0.041	0.176 ± 0.027	0.026 ± 0.001	0.526 ± 0.108
Rosa canina L.	0.279 ± 0.017	0.258 ± 0.039	0.032 ± 0.003	0.132 ± 0.000	⁎	0.078 ± 0.022
Rosa rubiginosa L.	0.262 ± 0.021	0.088 ± 0.011	0.027 ± 0.004	0.033 ± 0.005	0.043 ± 0.004	0.053 ± 0.009
Agrimonia eupatoria L.	0.014 ± 0.002	0.08 ± 0.008	0.001 ± 0.0003	0.012 ± 0.003	0.060 ± 0.015	0.067 ± 0.019
Alchemilla mollis (Buser) Rothm.	0.046 ± 0.009	0.046 ± 0.015	0.006 ± 0.001	0.011 ± 0.001	⁎	0.050 ± 0.019
Laurocerasus officinalis L.	0.032 ± 0.009	0.275 ± 0.086	0.014 ± 0.000	0.009 ± 0.000	0.001 ± 0.000	0.012 ± 0.004
Cotoneaster horizontalis Decne.	0.023 ± 0.005	0.335 ± 0.025	0.009 ± 0.003	0.003 ± 0.0003	0.003 ± 0.001	0.008 ± 0.002
Potentilla recta L.	0.009 ± 0.001	0.341 ± 0.078	0.008 ± 0.001	0.004 ± 0.001	⁎	0.024 ± 0.011

^⁎Not determined.

^⁎⁎Plants lacking apical dominance.