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SUBMITTER: Srivedavyasasri R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5671917 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Natural product research 20170505 1
Salvia aethiopis is a perennial plant native to Eurasia and known by the common names Mediterranean sage or African sage. This plant has been used in Iranian medicine as a carminative and tonic. The ethanolic extract of aerial part of S. aethiopis exhibited moderate to weak activity towards delta and kappa opioid receptors (46.3 and 45.3% displacement, respectively). Chromatographic purification of the ethanolic extract on silica gel column led to isolation of one new: 3α-hydroxy-8α-acetoxy-13,1 ...[more]