Lamiaceae is richer than fabaceae in terpenes, but I am not sure that it is also in another family of secondary metabolites.
Iridoids (a particular family of monoterpenoids) cannot be found in Fabaceae but, as far as I remember, also phenylpropanoid glycosides are not present in this family members.
Please check the following link.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10591624_Evolution_of_Secondary_Metabolites_from_an_Ecological_and_Molecular_Phylogenetic_Perspective_Phytochemistry_64_3_and_literature_cited_therein
Article Evolution of Secondary Metabolites from an Ecological and Mo...
Dear Dr. Arvind Singh, thank you very much, very interesting article.
Best regards
You cannot be certain. Some group of secondary metabolites may be present or more abundant in one and may be absent or less abundant in the other.
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