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Article
The Essential Oil Content and Composition of Selected Salvia Species, Sage Teas, and Sage Drops
Author(s)
Stefanie Oelschlägel, Sabine Quaas and Karl Speer
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5828/2012.08.002
Affiliation(s)
Food Chemistry, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Saxony 01069, Germany
ABSTRACT
Sage is popular for its
manifold applications and has always been used in herbalism. The Salvia genus encompasses up
to 900 species, but only a few of them have been investigated. Hence, the
objective was to investigate the essential oil content as well as the terpene
composition of a number of Saliva species. In this context, S. officinalis
var. Extrakta, S. officinalis “Aurea” and S. patens were investigated for the
first time. To some extent, it was also possible to associate the terpene
distribution of the investigated commercial sage teas and drops with the
processed sage oil. Furthermore, an ultrasonic extraction with ethyl acetate
seems to be an efficient quick-method
for extracting the essential oil.
KEYWORDS
Essential oil, Salvia officinalis, sage tea, sage drops, thujone.
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