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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
CARNOSIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 39000.0 *
CARNOSIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Shoot 45.0 *
CARNOSOL 20 Leaf 1660.0 -0.53 *
CARNOSOL 20 Plant *
CARNOSOL 20 Resin, Exudate, Sap 36000.0 *
CARNOSOL 20 Shoot 34.0 -0.94 *
CARNOSOLIC-ACID 7 Leaf 2100.0 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Essential Oil 33000.0 -0.15 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Leaf 1.0 1430.0 0.13 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Essential Oil 13100.0 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Plant 55.0 308.0 0.16 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CATECHIN 43 Plant *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Inflorescence *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Shoot *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Fruit Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
CHOLESTEROL 1 Fruit Essent. Oil *
CHROMIUM 24 Leaf 0.1 0.3 -0.62 *
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
CINAROSIDE 0 Shoot *
CINEOLE 0 Shoot 500.0 6075.0 1.00 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
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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.