Salvia aegyptiaca

Salvia aegyptiaca (Egyptian sage) is a herbaceous plant species of the family Lamiaceae.

Salvia aegyptiaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species:
S. aegyptiaca
Binomial name
Salvia aegyptiaca

Distribution

S. aegyptiaca is found in the Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands, NW and N. Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia, Arabian peninsula, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India.[1]

Morphology

It is herbaceous, with erect-ascending stems. The leaves are oblong to linear-elliptic, rugulose, serrated. This species has inflorescences of simple racemes, sometimes branched. Bracts are present. The corolla has a blue-violet color.[1]

Pharmacognosy

Salvia aegyptiaca has been studied due to its uses in folk medicine in the Old World to treat diarrhoea, gonorrhoea and haemorrhoids, plus it has been used as demulcent, antispasmodic, cicatrizant, antiseptic and stomachic. Its non-polar extracts have been tested as antimicrobial and these presented inhibitory activity against Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus.[2]

6-Methylcryptoacetalide, aegyptinones A and B, 6-methyl-epicryptoacetalide and 6-methylcryptotanshinone have been isolated from this species.[3]

Aegyptinones

References
  1. Flora of Pakistan http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250090589 Jan 29/2012
  2. Sabri et al. J. Org. Chem. (1989),54,4097-4099
  3. Yousuf et al. Phytochemistry (2002),51,361–365
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