Salvia Verticillata Research Articles

Antioxidant and anticholinesterase evaluation of selected Turkish Salvia species

Since Salvia species (Lamiaceae) have been recorded to be used against memory loss in European folk medicine, we herein examined in vitro anticholinesterase and antioxidant activities of 56 extracts prepared with petroleum ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate and methanol obtained from 14 Salvia species ( Salvia albimaculata Hedge and Hub, Salvia aucheri Bentham var. canescens Boiss and Heldr, Salvia candidissima Vahl. ssp. occidentalis, Salvia ceratophylla L., Salvia cryptantha Montbret and Bentham, Salvia cyanescens Boiss and Bal., Salvia frigida Boiss, Salvia forskahlei L., Salvia halophilaHedge, Salvia migrostegia Boiss and Bal., Salvia multicaulis Vahl., Salvia sclarea L., Salvia syriaca L., Salvia verticillata L. ssp. amasiaca) growing in Turkey. The antioxidant activities were assessed by both chemical and enzymatic methods against 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-scavenging and xanthine/xanthine oxidase (XO) system generated superoxide anion radical inhibition. Anticholinesterase effect of the extracts was tested against both acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) at concentrations of 0.2 and 1 mg/ml using a microplate-reader assay based on the Ellman method. Most of the extracts did not show any activity against AChE at 0.2 mg/ml, while the chloroform extracts had noticeable inhibition against BChE between 47.7% and 74.7%. The most active extracts at 1 mg/ml for AChE inhibition were observed to be petroleum ether extract of Salvia albimaculata (89.4%) and chloroform extract of Salvia cyanescens (80.2%), whereas ethyl acetate extracts of Salvia frigida and Salvia migrostegia, chloroform extracts of Salvia candidissima ssp. occidentalis and Salvia ceratophylla, as well as petroleum ether extract of Salvia cyanescens were found to inhibit potently BChE (92.2%, 89.6%, 91.1%, 91.3%, and 91.8%, respectively). Particularly, the ethyl acetate and methanol extracts were observed to be highly active against both DPPH and XO. Our data indicates that nonpolar extracts of Salvia species for anticholinesterase activity and the polar extracts for antioxidant activity are worth further phytochemical evaluation for identifying their active components.

Essential oil composition ofSalvia verticillata, S. verbenaca,S. glutinosa andS. candidissima growing wild in Greece

The chemical composition of the essential oils of Salvia verticillata, S. verbenaca, S. glutinosa and S. candidissima, growing wild in Greece, were analysed by GC and GC–MS. Twenty-eight components were characterized for S. verticillata, with β-pinene (30.7%), p-cymene (23.0%) and isopropyl ester of lauric acid (16.8%) as the dominating constituents; 19 components were identified for S. verbenaca, with β-phellandrene (30.3%), (E)-caryophyllene (16.1%) and methyl ester of 6-octadecenoic acid (15.0%) as the major compounds; 23 constituents were determined for S. glutinosa, with butyl butyryl lactate (26.7%) as the most abundant component; and finally 36 constituents were identified for S. candidissima, with α-pinene (11.2%) and 1,8-cineole (9.89%) as the major compounds. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

К синтаксономии высокогорных луговых степей Центрального Кавказа (Россия)

A new association Artemisio chamaemelifoliae—Plantaginetum atratae is described from the subalpine belt of the Central Caucasus. Its diagnostic species are Artemisia chamaemelifolia, Plantago atrata, Salvia verticillata, Potentilla pimpinelloides. The association is probably affiliated with the class Festuco-Brometea Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1943and the order Festucetalia valesiacae Br.-Bl. et Tx. 1943, as is testified by a high proportion of species diagnostic of these syntaxa in the composition of the studied communities. If compared to syntaxa of the true subalpine meadows of the study area, reported earlier (Цепкова, 1987), the association is distinguished by the absence or single occurrence of Festuca varia in the composition of its stands as well as by the absence of Calamagrostis arundinacea, Betonica macrantha, Centaurea cheirathifolia, and Silene ruprechtii in the diagnostic species set. The differentiation from the post-forest meadows is provided by the presence of the xero-mesophyte Phleum phleoides and the xerophytes Artemisia chamaemelifolia, Astragalus oreades, A. captiosus and Teucrium orientale.

Flavonoids and Terpenoids From Salvia verticillata and Salvia pinnata

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVArticleNEXTFlavonoids and Terpenoids From Salvia verticillata and Salvia pinnataAyhan Ulubelen and Gülaçti TopçuCite this: J. Nat. Prod. 1984, 47, 6, 1068Publication Date (Print):November 1, 1984Publication History Published online1 July 2004Published inissue 1 November 1984https://doi.org/10.1021/np50036a047RIGHTS & PERMISSIONSArticle Views341Altmetric-Citations17LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InReddit PDF (94 KB) Get e-Alerts Get e-Alerts

The nectar secretion of some cultivated and spontaneous plant species

The work presents the results of our researches on the nectar secretion of the following species: Fagopyrum esculentum Mnch., Phacelia tanacetifolia Benth., Salvia verticillata L., Trifolium hybridum L. and Trifolium repens L., under the environmental conditions of the Cluj region. The obtained results show that the highest amount of nectar in one flower in 24 hours was produced by Phacelia tanacetifolia (0,173 mg) and Trifolium hybridum (0,164 mg). The amount of nectar produced by the other species was smaller (table 2).