Natale Badalamenti, Giovanna Salbitani, Piergiorgio Cianciullo, Rosanna Bossa, Francesca De Ruberto, Valeria Greco, Adriana Basile, Viviana Maresca, Maurizio Bruno, Simona Carfagna
The genus Salvia L., belonging to the Lamiaceae family, contains more than 900 species distributed in various parts of the world. It is a genus containing aromatic plants used both in the culinary field and above all in the cosmetic area to produce several perfumes. Salvia fruticosa Mill., notoriously known as Greek Salvia , is a plant used since ancient times in traditional medicine, but today cultivated and used in various parts of Europe and Africa. Polar and apolar extracts of this plant confirmed the presence of several metabolites such as abietane and labdane diterpenoids, triterpenoids, steroids, and some flavonoids, causing interesting properties such as sedative, carminative, and antiseptic, while its essential oils (EOs) are mainly characterized by compounds such as 1,8-cineole and camphor...
November 11, 2023: Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)