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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
AVENASTEROL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
AVENASTEROL 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Leaf not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BOURBONENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 6.0 39.0 -0.97 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil 18900.0 66000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 11000.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Et not available 41000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Plant not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-OLEANOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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 not available 1000.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 11300.0 26100.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 21000.0 55000.0 1.62 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant 20.0 1540.0 1.23 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Et not available 18000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available 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
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 *