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Plant Salvia sclarea (Lamiaceae)

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

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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
CADINENE 4 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAMPHENE 9 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAMPHOR 41 Plant not available not available not available Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Plant not available 2926.0 1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CEROTINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-ALLO-OCIMENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Plant 2.4 24.0 1.00 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 154.
CIS-LINALOL-OXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 153.
CITRAL 53 Plant 75.0 920.0 -0.67 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 154.
CITRONELLOL 15 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Plant not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Plant not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
EO 0 Plant 400.0 5000.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed not available 318000.0 0.28 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FURFUROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Plant 1.0 21.0 -0.53 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 154.
GERANIAL 13 Plant 0.8 580.0 -0.47 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 154.
GERANIOL 35 Plant 22.0 735.0 -0.32 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 154.
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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
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipeptic 2 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPGE2 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiproliferant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiproteolytic 1 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipulmonotic 1 Tyler, V.E.. 1994.
Antipyretic 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-91.
Antiradicular 2 Duke, 1992 *