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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Salvia officinalis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Sage
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-THUJONE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-THUJONE 0 Plant 2500.0 13000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
1,8-CINEOL 0 Essential Oil 73000.0 217000.0 1.91 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 91000.0 357000.0 1.94 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Et 50000.0 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant 390.0 6288.0 1.20 *
1,8-CINEOLE-SYNTHETASE 0 Leaf *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Plant *
2-ALPHA,3-ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-OLEAN-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
2-ALPHA-HYDROXY-3-OXO-OLEAN-12-EN-28-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf 17.0 *
2-AMINO-ADIPIC-ACID 0 Shoot 1.6 *
2-METHYL-3-METHYLENE-5-HEPTANE 0 Leaf 50.0 280.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-METHYL-3-METHYLENE-HEPT-CIS-5-ENE 0 Leaf 40.0 224.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
2-METHYL-3-METHYLENE-HEPT-CIS-5-ENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 8000.0 *
2-METHYL-3-METHYLENE-HEPT-TRANS-5-ENE 0 Leaf 5.0 28.0 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
2-METHYL-3-METHYLENE-HEPT-TRANS-5-ENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 *
3-CARENE 0 Plant *
3-EPIOLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Leaf 1.4 *
3-ISOTHUJONE 2 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 5 *
Acaricide 8 *
ACE-Inhibitor 7 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 22 *
Allelochemic 6 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 8 *
Allergenic 18 Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 21 Martindale's 28th
Ancylostomicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.