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. 2020 Jul 25;29(9):1165–1179. doi: 10.1007/s10068-020-00800-z

Table 1.

Polyphenol composition of some herb extracts with different solvents

Herbs Extracting solvent Polyphenols References

Oregano

(Origanum dictamus)

Water Chlorogenic acid, rutin, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, apigenin-7-O-glucoisde, rosmarinic acid, luteolin Kaliora et al. (2014)
62.5% Methanol 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 Proestos and Komaitis (2013)

Oregano

(O. majoram L.)

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 Kaliora et al. (2014)

Oregano

(O. vulgare)

50% Ethanol Rosmarinic acid, caffeic acid, protocatechuic acid, p-coumaric acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, syringic acid Vallverdú-Queralt et al. (2014)

Dill

(Anethum graveolens)

50% Ethanol Chlorogenic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, caffeic acid, protocatechuic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, rosmarinic acid, syringic acid Vallverdú-Queralt et al. (2015)

Rosemary

(Rosmarinus officinalis L.)

80% Ethanol Rutin, catechin, quercetin, gallic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, p-cinnamic acid, kaempferol Pereira et al. (2017)
50% Ethanol Rosmarinic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, caffeic acid, protocatechuic acid, p-coumaric acid, syringic acid, ferulic acid, quercetin, chlorogenic acid Vallverdú-Queralt et al. (2014)
Methanol Luteolin, caffeic acid, apigenin, ferulic acid Wojdyło et al. (2007)
Acetonitrile with formic acid (2%) Carnosic acid, carnosol, rosmanol, hispidulin-rutinoside, apigenin, hesperidin, rosmarinic acid, luteolin, Mena et al. (2016)

Thyme

(Thymus vulgaris)

50% Ethanol Rosmarinic acid, caffeic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, protocatechuic acid Vallverdú-Queralt et al. (2014)
Methanol Caffeic acid, ferulic acid Wojdyło et al. (2007)

Peppermint

(Mentha piperita)

Acetonitrile Eriocitrin, rosmarinic acid, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, hesperidin, eriodictyol, isorhoifolin, caffeic acid, luteolin Dorman et al. (2009)
Methanol Rosmarinic acid, eriocitrin, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, hesperidin, isorhoifolin, luteolin Dorman et al. (2009)
Water Rosmarinic acid, luteolin-7-O-glucoside, eriocitrin Dorman et al. (2009)
Methanol-ethanol (1:1) Chlorogenic acid, rutin, caffeic acid, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid, ferulic acid, vanillic acid Farnad et al. (2014)

Sage

(Salvia officinalis)

Water Apigenin, luteolin-7-O-glucuronide, rosmarinic acid, salvianolic acid, sagerinic acid, scuttelarein, saponarin Afonso et al. (2019), Walch et al. (2011)
Methanol Rosmarinic acid, carnosic acid, salvianolic acid B and A, caffeic acid Fotovvat et al. (2018)