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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOROSMANOL | 1 | Shoot | not available | 57.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Leaf | not available | 3420.0 | 0.65 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LABIATIC-ACID | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| LEDENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEDOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 3000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | 6600.0 | 85000.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 10000.0 | 36400.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | 39.0 | 2380.0 | 0.98 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Et | not available | 14000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Plant | 0.0 | 3500.0 | 0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Essential Oil | 1700.0 | 5000.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 4000.0 | 46600.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Plant | 0.0 | 3500.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Et | not available | 11000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-ACETATE | 0 | Essential Oil | 2000.0 | 216000.0 | 1.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2000.0 | 34900.0 | 1.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL-ACETATE | 0 | Et | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Plant | 0.0 | 6048.0 | 2.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | not available | 73000.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Purgative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 4 | Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216. |
| Radioprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Refrigerant | 1 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Renoirritant | 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. |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirainhibitor | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Rubefacient | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 20 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sodium-Sparing | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 7 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spermicide | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |