Phytochemical Study of Eight Medicinal Plants of the Lamiaceae Family Traditionally Used as Tea in the Sharri Mountains Region of the Balkans

Abstract

In the present study, eight plant species belonging to Lamiaceae family were identified as ingredients for herbal teas in the region of Sharri Mountains: ymus serpyllum, Rosmarinus officinalis, Melissa officinalis, Origanum vulgare, Mentha longifolia, Ocimum basilicum, Teucrium chamaedrys, and Sideritis scardica, respectively. Chemical composition of essential oils obtained from these species was analyzed using GC-MS and GC-FID with the aim of examining their volatile compound profiles, responsible for their respective flavors and fragrance. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed with the aim of grouping plant species under study on the basis of their chemical composition. Experimental data revealed the typical volatile constituent pattern for the Lamiaceae family. Monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes, responsible for flavor and medicinal use of these plants, were the most abundant groups of the volatile constituents. PCA data analysis resulted in the grouping of these analyzed species in four principal clusters.

Morphology and phytochemistry of Teucrium chamaedrys L. (Lamiaceae) cultivated at the Ghirardi Botanic Garden (Lombardy, Northern Italy)

“…Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons invariably prevailed in all the profiles, despite the differences related to the analysed plant parts, the geographical provenience and the analytical technique. β-Caryophyllene (34) was confirmed as dominant for the Croatian, Iranian, and Turkish samples (Bezić et al, 2011;Kaya et al, 2009;Sajjadi and Shookohinia, 2010), while germacrene D prevailed in the species from Macedonia (Hajdari et al, 2020). Additionally, germacrene D was the second most abundant compound in all the profiles from the literature.…”

“…Other phytochemical works referred to the essential composition analysis of samples of different origins (Bezić et al, 2011;Djabou et al, 2013b;Hajdari et al, 2020;Kaya et al, 2009;Sajjadi and Shookohinia, 2010). Sesquiterpene hydrocarbons invariably prevailed in all the profiles, despite the differences related to the analysed plant parts, the geographical provenience and the analytical technique.…”

“…In addition, the volatile profiles of congeneric species of different origins, including T. marum, T. orientale, T. polium, and T. flavum, were characterized by means of Headspace Solid-Phase Microextraction (HS-SPME) analysis (Djabou et al, 2013a;Sagratini et al, 2012;Yildirmiş et al, 2017;Zouaoui et al, 2020). Furthermore, the composition of the essential oils from aerial parts of T. chamaedrys of different origins was analysed (Bezić et al, 2011;Djabou et al, 2013b;Hajdari et al, 2020;Kaya et al, 2009;Sajjadi and Shookohinia, 2010). Polar extracts were also examined (Gafner et al, 2003;Frezza et al, 2018;Milutinović et al, 2019), often in association with their biological activities, including antimicrobial (Djabou et al, 2013b) and antiphytoviral (Bezić et al, 2011), along with cytotoxic and pro-apoptotic effects in colorectal cancer cells (Milutinović et al, 2019).…”

Environmentally Safe Biosynthesis of Gold Nanoparticles Using Plant Water Extracts

“…In this context, medicinal plants play a valuable investment role due to their bioactive compounds [ 73 ]. Recent works have documented the phytochemical importance of medicinal plants and their bioactive compounds [ 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 ]. The biological characteristics of medicinal plants play a pivotal role in the characterization of NPs [ 78 , 79 ].…”

Occurrence of Marine Ingredients in Fragrance: Update on the State of Knowledge

“…Biogenetically, they are generated from the mevalonate and mevalonate-independent (deoxycelulose-phosphate) pathways [88]. Monoterpenes are the main compounds in essential oils (over 80%), followed by sesquiterpenes with a lesser amount [89][90][91][92]. Several essential oils contain phenolic compounds (phenylpropanoids), sometimes in appreciable quantities, which derive from the shikimate pathway [93]; for instance, the phenolic monoterpenes, carvacrol [94] and thymol [95], from Origanum dictamnus and thyme essential oils, respectively.…”