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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Salvia apiana (Lamiaceae)

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Common name(s)
White Sage
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
2 CARNOSIC-ACID Leaf -- 13.0 -0.88 Dentali, S. J., Hoffmann, J. J. 1990. 16-Hydroxycarnosic Acid, a Diterpene from Salvia apiana. Phytochemistry, 29(3): 993-994.
2 CARNOSIC-ACID Shoot -- -- -- Dentali, S. J., Hoffmann, J. J. 1992. Potential Antiinfective Agents from Eriodictyon angustifolium and Salvia apiana. International J. Pharmacognosy, 30(3): 223-231.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.