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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
5-METHOXYSALVIGENIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIMETHOXY-ROSMANOL 0 Shoot not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXY-GENKWANIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
6-METHOXYGENKWANIN-7-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXYLUTEOLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6-METHOXYLUTEOLIN-7-METHYL-ETHER 0 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
6-METHOXYLUTEOLIN-7-METHYL-ETHER 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-METHOXY-ROSMANOL 0 Shoot not available 2.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
7-O-ACETYL-HORMINONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETO-HYDROXY-ROYLEANONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Essential Oil not available 1800.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE 0 Leaf 15.0 84.0 -0.18 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Leaf not available 1800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-BETA-THUJONE 0 Essential Oil not available 347000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CADINOL 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEDRENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 14 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiasthmatic 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic 1 Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 47 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic 1 Encarnacion Dimayuga, R., Keer Garcia, S., Halfdan Nielsen, P., and Christophersen, C. 1989. Traditional Medicine of Baja California Sur (Mexico) III. Carnosol: A Diterpene Antibiotic from Lepechinia hastata. J. Ethnopharmacology, 31: 43-48, 1991.
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 5 Martindale's 28th
Anticancer 10 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Colon) 4 Duke, 1992 *