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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
AVENASTEROL 0 Fruit Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
AVENASTEROL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf 1000.0 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 6.0 39.0 -0.97 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil 18900.0 66000.0 -0.22 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 500.0 760.0 0.04 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 11000.0 -0.34 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Et 41000.0 *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Essential Oil *
BETA-OLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf 5.0 28.0 -0.40 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -0.83 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 11300.0 26100.0 -0.15 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 21000.0 55000.0 1.62 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 20.0 1540.0 1.23 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Et 18000.0 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit Essent. Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant 11 *
Antiaging 5 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiallergenic 3 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 14 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 2 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antianaphylactic 6 *
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 5 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.