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Plant Salvia officinalis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Sage
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PROTEIN 0 Seed not available 180000.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 0 Plant 50000.0 60000.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.6 3.6 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
ROSMADIAL 1 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 6000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ROSMANOL 5 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ROSMANOL 5 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROSMANOL 5 Shoot not available 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ROSMANOL-7-ETHYL-ETHER 0 Shoot not available 144.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ROSMANOL-9-ETHYL-ETHER 1 Shoot not available 144.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Inflorescence 30000.0 42000.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant 30000.0 50600.0 1.35 Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Shoot 2000.0 5800.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ROYLEANONE 0 Root not available 20300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Essential Oil not available 1200.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Leaf 10.0 56.0 -0.23 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
SABINENE 5 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
SABINOL 5 Leaf 85.0 476.0 0.32 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINYL-ACETATE 0 Plant 110.0 616.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 5 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 8 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 22 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 18 Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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.