From the genus Salvia (Labiatae) the essential oil composition of five species is reported: S. canariensis L., S. confertiflora Pohl, S. cfr. mexicana L., S. microphylla H.B.K. (syn. S. grahamii Benth.) and S. somaliensis Vatke. Using GC and GC/MS more than one hundred constituents were found. Among these, α-pinene, β-pinene, camphene, 8-3-carene and limonene (monoterpene hydrocarbons); 1, 8-cineole, camphor, borneol and bornyl acetate (oxygenated monoterpenes); β-caryophyllene, γ-muurolene, germacrene B and α-copaene (sesquiterpene hydrocarbons); and globulol, guaiol, spathulenol, α-eudesmol and α-eudesmol (oxygenated sesquiterpenes) were the main constituents.
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