The chemical composition of the essential oils of Salvia africana L., Salvia elegans Vahl, Salvia greggii A. Gray, Salvia mellifera Green and Salvia munzii Epling, cultivated in Eboli (Salerno, Southern Italy), was studied by means of GC and GC-MS analyses. In all, 88 compounds were identified, 54 for S. africana, accounting for 95.4% of the total oil, 55 for S. elegans (92.9%), 50 for S. gregg...

The aerial parts of Salvia multicaulis, S. sclarea and S. verticillata were collected at full flowering stage. The essential oils were isolated by hydrodistillation and analyzed by combination of capillary GC and GC-MS. The in vitro antimicrobial activity of the essential oils were studied against eight Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumulis, Enterococcus ...

essential oils are volatile, natural, complex compounds formed by aromatic plants as secondary metabolites. in nature, essential oils play an important role in protecting plants in form of antibacterials, antivirals, antifungals, insecticides properties and also against herbivores. they also may attract some insects to use them in dispersion of pollens and seeds, or repel undesirable others. pr...

Ursolic acid (1) and a new flavanone, 5-O-(6-rhamnosylglucoside)-7-hydroxy-4'-methoxyflavanone (2), were isolated from the leaves of Salvia elegans Vahl. These natural products displayed antidepressant activity in mice as determined by means of a forced swimming test (FST) evaluation. Structural elucidation was carried out by chemical derivatization (acetylation) and spectroscopic analyses, suc...

HIGHLIGHTS Salvia species have been suggested for their potential anti-cancer effects. candidissima Vahl. subsp. suppressed the survival of breast cancer cells. Breast cells nuclei become pyknotic and fragmented after treatment. The treatment group had greater levels M30-antigen level in MCF-7 cell line.

salvia is a valuable medicinal and aromatic genus belongs to the lamiaceae family. in this study, morphological traits and essential oil content were used for the estimate of variability and to determine the relationship among different species of salvia including s. syriaca (5 ecotypes), s. virgate (8 ecotypes), s. reuterana (6 ecotypes) and s. multicaulis (6 ecotypes) collected from the south...