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. 2018 Sep 4;7(3):70. doi: 10.3390/plants7030070

Table 2.

Major non-volatile compounds in Mentha species.

Chemical Constituents Individual Compounds
Anthocyanidins Cyanidin, delphinidin, luteolinidin, pelargonidin, petunidin
Coumarins Esculetin and scopoletin
Flavanols Catechin, epicatechin
Flavanones Eriocitrin, eriodictyol, hesperidin, naringenin, narirutin
Flavones Apigenin, diosmetin, diosmin, luteolin, luteolin-O-glucuronide, gardenin B, luteolin-O-glucoside, pebrellin, salvigenin, thymusin, thymonin
Flavonols and dihydroflavonols Quercetin, kaempferol, rutin
Phenolic acids Cinnamic acid, its analogs (hydroxybenzoic, p-coumaric, ferulic, caffeic, sinapic, rosmarinic, salvianolic, isosalvianolic, didehydrosalvianolic and lithospermic acids, nepetoidin A/B) and glycosides (caffeic acid glucuronide, chlorogenic, caftaric), gallic, syringic and vanillic acids
Phenylethanoids Tyrosol
Stilbenoids Resveratrol
Terpenes Oleanolic acid