Table 4b.

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

Plant species	Ferulic acid (hesperetic acid⁎⁎⁎)	p-Anisic acid	Salicilic acid	Cinnamic acid	Methoxy-cinnamic acid
Family Lamiaceae
Stachys byzantina K.Koch	0.001 ± 0.000 (0.030 ± 0.006)	0.053 ± 0.004	0.168 ± 0.023	0.045 ± 0.004	0.056 ± 0.025
Coleus blumei Benth.	0.003 ± 0.001 (0.019 ± 0.005)	0.096 ± 0.024	0.105 ± 0.013	0.011 ± 0.002	0.002 ± 0.0006
Salvia officinalis (L.) cv. purpur.	0.003 ± 0.001	0.038 ± 0.003	0.008 ± 0.000	0.018 ± 0.003	0.004 ± 0.001
Salvia officinalis L.	0.0103 ± 0.004	0.369 ± 0.056	⁎	0.009 ± 0.003	0.005 ± 0.001
Mentha suaveolens Ehrh.	0.010 ± 0.001	0.203 ± 0.045	0.112 ± 0.016	0.475 ± 0.055	0.018 ± 0.004
Lavandula officinalis Mill.	3.328 ± 0.769	0.033 ± 0.011	⁎	⁎	0.002 ± 0.0003
Mentha spicata L.	0.005 ± 0.001	0.329 ± 0.046	0.004 ± 0.000	0.010 ± 0.002	0.030 ± 0.002
Rosmarinus officinalis L.	0.016 ± 0.006	0.020 ± 0.003	0.122 ± 0.034	0.029 ± 0.005	0.836 ± 0.033
Melissa officinalis L.	0.037 ± 0.021	0.043 ± 0.016	0.008 ± 0.002	0.006 ± 0.002	0.143 ± 0.025
Family Asteraceae
Calendula officinalis L.	0.003 ± 0.000 (0.076 ± 0.009)	0.011 ± 0.001	0.069 ± 0.012	0.003 ± 0.001	0.001 ± 0.0002
Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton	⁎	1.120 ± 0.110	0.006 ± 0.001	0.004 ± 0.001	⁎
Achillea filipendulina Lam.	0.003 ± 0.000	0.021 ± 0.000	0.010 ± 0.002	⁎	0.023 ± 0.004
Helianthus annuus L.	⁎	0.076 ± 0.012	⁎	0.003 ± 0.00	⁎
Helianthus tuberosus L.	0.069 ± 0.006	0.002 ± 0.000	0.002 ± 0.000	0.007 ± 0.001	0.004 ± 0.0004
Echinops ritro L.	0.001 ± 0.000	0.586 ± 0.088	0.007 ± 0.000	0.003 ± 0.0003	0.001 ± 0.0001
Helianthus annuus⁎⁎ L.	⁎	0.033 ± 0.005	⁎	0.008 ± 0.002	⁎
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench	0.010 ± 0.002	0.358 ± 0.047	0.117 ± 0.024	0.043 ± 0.003	⁎
Family Rosaceae
Potentilla recta L.	0.342 ± 0.049	0.364 ± 0.135	0.047 ± 0.013	0.215 ± 0.014	0.011 ± 0.003
Cerasus mahaleb (L.) Mill.	0.005 ± 0.000	0.049 ± 0.017	0.018 ± 0.006	0.006 ± 0.000	⁎
Rosa canina L.	0.006 ± 0.000	3.442 ± 0.397	1.526 ± 0.164	0.148 ± 0.032	0.546 ± 0.086
Rosa rubiginosa L.	0.056 ± 0.006	1.042 ± 0.092	0.033 ± 0.008	0.148 ± 0.015	0.022 ± 0.0006
Agrimonia eupatoria L.	0.064 ± 0.018	0.279 ± 0.049	1.673 ± 0.288	0.024 ± 0.005	0.041 ± 0.008
Alchemilla mollis (Buser) Rothm.	0.046 ± 0.008	0.334 ± 0.073	0.023 ± 0.003	0.063 ± 0.013	0.028 ± 0.005
Laurocerasus officinalis L.	0.002 ± 0.001	0.013 ± 0.003	0.026 ± 0.002	0.008 ± 0.001	0.001 ± 0.0005
Cotoneaster horizontalis Decne.	0.004 ± 0.001	1.541 ± 0.329	0.209 ± 0.029	0.005 ± 0.001	0.030 ± 0.006
Eriobotrya japonica	0.007 ± 0.001	0.410 ± 0.134	0.065 ± 0.005	0.003 ± 0.001	0.006 ± 0.0006

^⁎Not determined.

^⁎⁎Plants lacking apical dominance.

^⁎⁎⁎In some species shown also values of hesperedic acid (in brackets).