Ziel der Studie: Die Internetpr senz der pflanzlichen halluzinogenen Droge Salvia divinorum auf deutschsprachigenWebsites wurde in dieser Studie systematisch untersucht. Dieses Suchtmittel findet in suchtmedizinischen und psychiatrischen Fachb chern bislang keine Erw hnung. Die Studie ist Teil des EU-gef rderten Projektes „Psychonaut“ zur systematischen Beschreibung drogenbezogener Internetseit...

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...

background: insomnia, which is difficulty in initiating and maintaining sleep, is a very common experience for many people. considering the increasing interest in medicinal plants in the past decade, many plants such as coriandrum sativum, salvia leriifolia, salvia reuterana and stachys lavanduli folia have been used in iranian traditional medicine to abate insomnia. objective: the present stud...

Objective: This study is to determine the effect and mechanism of salvia extract on angiogenesis of the myocardium in rats with myocardial infarction (MI). Methods: Left coronary artery of Sprague-Dawley rats was ligated to establish MI model. Forty rats were randomly divided into five groups: sham operation group, MI model group, and three salvia extract groups (10, 20, 40 mg/kg/day), with eac...

Sage (Salvia) species are the largest members of Lamiaceae or mint family [1,2]. Many species of salvia are native to Mediterranean region [3]. Sage family members especially common sage (Salvia officinalis) have been used traditionally throughout the world as a remedy for the treatment of many common ailments such as, cough, asthma, bronchitis, angina, mouth and throat inflammations, depressio...