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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
CADINENE 4 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CAMPHENE 9 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CAMPHOR 41 Plant 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 2926.0 1.00 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CEROTINIC-ACID 0 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Plant *
CIS-ALLO-OCIMENE 0 Plant 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 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 153.
CITRAL 53 Plant 75.0 920.0 -0.67 Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 6: 154.
CITRONELLOL 15 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CUMINALDEHYDE 10 Plant 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 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
EO 0 Plant 400.0 5000.0 -0.36 *
FAT 0 Seed 318000.0 0.28 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FURFUROL 0 Plant 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antirenitic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 1 *
Antirhinitic 1 *
Antisalmonella 1 *
Antisarcomic 1 *
Antiseptic 15 Merck 11th Edition
Antishock 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisinusitic 1 *
Antispasmodic 13 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 4 *
Antistreptococcic 2 *
AntiTGF-beta 2 *
Antithromboxane 1 *
Antithyreotropic 1 *
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitrypanosomic 1 *
Antitubercular 1 *
Antituberculic 1 *
Antitumor 9 *