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Common Names
Sage
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf | 5.0 | 910.0 | 1.01 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1000.0 | -0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE | 0 | Et | not available | 9000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 1200.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 386.0 | 3.25 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| ALPHA-THUJENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 13800.0 | -0.42 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJONE | 6 | Essential Oil | 73300.0 | 408500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJONE | 6 | Leaf | 200.0 | 10172.0 | 2.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJONE | 6 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 200000.0 | 363300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-THUJONE | 6 | Et | not available | 206000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-URSOLIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Leaf | 18.0 | 115.0 | -0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| APIGENIN | 101 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONYLPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONYLPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AROMADENDRENE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 55.0 | 350.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 13659.0 | 87000.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cytoprotective | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Cytostatic | 1 | Darias, V., Bravo, L., Rabanal, R., Sanchez-Mateo, C.C., and Martin-Herrera, D.A. 1988. Cytostatic and Antibacterial Activity of Some Compounds Isolated from Several Lamiaceae Species from the Canary Islands. Planta Medica 56(1): 70, 1990. |
| Cytotoxic | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Decongestant | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Decongestant? | 1 | Eccles, R., et al. 1989. The effects of oral administration of (-)-menthol on nasal resistance to airflow and nasal sensation of airflow in subjects suffering from nasal congestion associated with the common cold. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 652-654, 1990. |
| Degranulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Deiodinase-Inhibitor | 4 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Deliriant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Demulcent | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dentifrice | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Deodorant | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Depressant | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Dermal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Dermatitigenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Diaphoretic? | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |