Published online: 2020-12-09 Reviews A Review of the Phytochemistry, Traditional Uses and Biological Activities of the Essential Oils of Genus Teucrium Authors Rossella Gagliano Candela 1, Sergio Rosselli 2, 3 , Maurizio Bruno 1, 3, Gianfranco Fontana1 Affiliations Correspondence 1 Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Prof. Sergio Rosselli Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences (SAAF), Palermo, Palermo, Italy University of Palermo 2 Department of Agricultural, Food and Forest Sciences Viale delle Scienze Ed. 4, Parco dʼOrleans II, (SAAF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy 90128 Palermo, Italy “ 3 Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca Riutilizzo bio-based Phone:+3909123897547 ” degli scarti da matrici agroalimentari (RIVIVE), Università
[email protected] di Palermo, Palermo, Italy ABSTRACT Key words The genus Teucrium is a large and polymorphic genus of the Teucrium, Lamiaceae, ethnopharmacology, essential oil, Lamiaceae family distributed in mild climate zones, particu- biological properties larly in the Mediterranean basin and Central Asia. Studies of nonvolatile constituents of Teucrium species showed that they received June 23, 2020 are a rich source of neo-clerodane diterpenoids, considered as accepted after revision October 17, 2020 chemotaxonomic markers of the genus. In addition to the published online December 9, 2020 nonvolatile metabolites, there has been a large interest in Bibliography the essential oils of this genus. In this review, a complete sur- Planta Med 2021; 87: 432–479 vey of the chemical composition and biological properties of DOI 10.1055/a-1293-5768 the essential oils isolated from Teucrium taxa is provided. In ISSN 0032‑0943 traditional medicine, since ancient times, species of this ge- © 2020.