Table 1.

Chemical composition and yield of essential oils from Lamiaceae species.

Species	Plant part	Essential oil yield	Main compounds	Reference
Aeollanthus suaveolens Mart. ex Spreng	Leaves	1.6%	Massoia lactone, linalool,(E)-B-farnesene, geraniol, 2,5-dimethoxy-p-cymene	[95]
Calamintha nepeta (L.) Kuntze	Leaves	∗	Pulegone, menthone, limonene	[96]
Clinopodium macrostemum (Moc. and Sessé ex Benth.) Kuntze	Leaves	0.80%	linalool, nerol, caryophyllene, menthone, geranyl acetate, terpineol, pulegone	[97]
Hyptis dilatata Benth.	Leaves	∗	Fenchone, 3-carene, α-pinene, ß-caryophyllene, limonene, ß-pinene, and camphor	[98]
Hyptis martiusii Benth.	Leaves	0.34%	1,8-cineole, d-carene, camphor, limonene, germacrene B	[99]
Lavandula dentata L.	Leaves and stems	∗	1,8-cineole, isolimonene, thuj-3-en-10-al, trans-pinocarveol	[100]
Melissa officinalis L.	Leaves and flowers	0.10%	Citral, caryophyllene oxide, citronellal, geraniol, geranyl acetate, ß-caryophyllene	[101]
Mentha arvensis L.	Leaves and flowers	∗	Citronellal and nerol	[102]
M. piperita L	Leaves and flowers	∗	Menthone, menthol, pulegone and menthyl acetate	[103]
Minthostachys mollis (Benth.) Griseb.	Leaves	0.98%	Menthone, pulegone, cis-dihydrocarvone, carvacryl acetate, linalyl acetate, and linalool	[104]
Ocimum basilicum L.	Leaves	1.56 ± 0.15%	linalyl acetate and linalool	[105]
O. gratissimum L.	Leaves	∗	1,8-Cineole, eugenol, 4-terpineol	[91]
O. gratissimum	Leaves and flowers	∗	Thymol, eugenol, 1,8-cineole, E-caryophyllene, ß-selinene	[106]
Origanum scabrum Boiss. and Heldr.	Leaves	1.5%	Carvacrol, thymol, p-cymene,γ-terpinene	[107]
Origanum vulgare L.	Leaves	∗	4-terpineol, sabinene hydrate, thymol	[92]
Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng.	Leaves	0.009%	Thymol, ß-pinene, γ-terpinene, caryophyllene	[108]
Plectranthus barbatus var. grandis (L.H. Cramer) Lukhoba and A.J. Paton	Leaves	∗	β-caryophyllene, α-copaene, germacrene	[109]