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Phytochemical and agronomic characteristics of marketed varieties
| Species | Varieties | Phytochemical profile essential oil(2) | Essential oil/active compounds content (2) | Characteristics |
| Achillea collina | Spak(1) | 30-40% chamazulene | 0.15-0.6 % EO depending on the organ harvested (leaves, inflorescences) | Productive variety in dry matter and rich in active compounds |
| Alchemilla xanthochlora | Aper(1) | 5-10% tannins and 1,5-2% flavonoids in above organs | Variety rich in tannins and flavonoids, resistant to powdery mildew, very uniform and very productive with very good perenniality | |
| Althaea officinalis | swelling index >10 (roots) | Root-producing variety rich in mucilages | ||
| Arnica montana | Arnimed(1) | Open-pollinated variety, vigorous, good flower productivity | ||
| Artemisia annua | Apollon(1) | 1.3% artemisinin in leaves | Hybrid variety, productive and very rich in artemisinin, late flowering | |
| Artemisia umbelliformis | RAC 12(1) | 15-19% α-myrcene, 13-16% 1,8-cineol, 10-15% β-pinene, 7-16% borneol, 2-3% thujones (α+β) | 1.5% EO in floral stalks | Open-pollinated variety, homogeneous, erect, low in thujones, resistant to rust |
| Hyssopus officinalis | Perlay(1) | 50% pinocamphone, 25% isopinocamphone, 10% β-pinene | 1.2-1.3 % EO in leaves+flowers | Homogeneous, vigorous open-pollinated variety |
| Malva sylvestris | Productive variety, erect, rich in mucilage | |||
| Marrubium vulgare | Claudala(1) | 4.0-4.5% tannins in above organs | Productive variety in dry matter, rich in tannins and cold tolerant | |
| Melissa officinalis | Lorelei (1) | early summer: 1% citronellal, 13% neral, 19% geraniallate summer: 4% citronellal, 24% neral, 33% geranial |
0.03-0.3 % EO in leaves; 4.5-6.5 % rosmarinic acid in leaves | Synthetic variety, erect, very uniform, cold-tolerant, productive |
| Origanum vulgare | Carva(1) | 75% carvacrol, 6% thymol, 5% p-cymene, 3% ꝩ-terpinene | 7.0-8.0 % EO in leaves+flowers | Hybrid variety, erect and vigorous, productive in essential oil and rich in carvacrol |
| Peucedanum ostruthium | Jessy(1) | roots : 5-6% sabinene, 6-13% 4-terpineolabove organs: 14-17% sabinene, 0.2-0.5% 4-terpineol | roots: 0.7% EO; 2% ostruthine above organs: 0.2% EO; 0% ostruthine |
Good productivity |
| Pimpinella peregrina | Licora(1) | 17-48% esters of isobutyric acid, 15-25% 1,4-dimethylazulene, 6-21% geijerene, 7-25% β-bisabolene | ||
| Plantago lanceolata | Noflor(1) | 0.6-2.0% acteoside; 0.7-4.0% iridoids in leaves | Very few flowers in 1st year | |
| Rhodiola rosea | Mattmark(1) | rosavines/salidroside ratio : 0.65 | Synthetic variety | |
| Salvia officinalis | Extrakta | spring: 23% thujones (α+β), 2-18% camphor, 8-15% 1,8-cineol end summer: 27-34% thujones (α+β), 15-20% camphor, 9-10% 1,8-cineol |
1.6-1.7 % EO in leaves | Open-pollinated variety, good productivity |
| Salvia officinalis | Carola(1) | spring: 25-33% thujones (α+β), 2-13% camphor, 10-15% 1,8-cineol end summer: 30-40% thujones (α+β), 15-17% camphor, 7-8% 1,8-cineol |
1.7-2.0 % HE in leaves | Synthetic variety, very homogeneous, good productivity in essential oil |
| Thymus vulgaris | Varico 3(1) | 65-70% thymol, 3-4% carvacrol, 9-13% ꝩ-terpinene | 4.0-5.0 % EO in leaves+flowers (65% thymol) | Hybrid variety, very homogeneous, very good productivity in essential oil and rich in thymol |
| Veronica officinalis | 1.3-2.5 % catalpol (iridoid glucoside) |
(1) Bred by Agroscope
(2) Phytochemistry :
- this information comes mainly from trials and may vary depending on the site and cropping practices (mainly harvest dates/stages).
- essential oil (EO) and other compound contents are expressed on dry plant material