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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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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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypotensive 3 *
Hypothermic 1 *
Immunomodulator 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 2 *
Immunosuppressant 1 *
Inflammatory 1 *
Insect-Repellent 1 *
Insecticide 5 *
Insectifuge 15 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 3 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Irritant 15 *
Larvicide 1 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Laxative 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Leucocytogenic 2 *
Lipolytic 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 3 *
Lubricant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.