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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Salvia sclarea (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Clary Sage
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
(1R,5R)-EPOXYSALVIAL-4(14)-EN-1-ONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(2R,5E)-EPOXYCARYOPHYLL-5-EN-12-AL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(2R,5E)-EPOXYCARYOPHYLL-5-ENE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(2S,5E)-EPOXYCARYOPHYLL-5-EN-12-AL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Plant Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
3-OCTANOL 2 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ACETIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALPHA-BISABOLOL 20 Plant Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant 0.0 3.0 -0.48 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 154.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant 1.0 155.0 -0.36 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 154.
ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE 0 Plant 1.0 155.0 -0.21 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 154.
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant 1.0 30.0 -0.79 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 153.
BETA-GURJUENE 0 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 4 *
Choleretic 3 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cicatrizant 2 *
CNS-Depressant 1 *
CNS-Stimulant 3 *
Coleoptophile 1 *
Comedolytic 1 *
Convulsant 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Cosmetic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 2 Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor 1 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytotoxic 3 *
Decongestant 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant 1 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.