Medicinal plants have been in use for millenniums by human race as potential source of natural first aids against different ailments. But somewhere, the danger of adverse reactions haunted many pharmaceutical giants, leading to rejections of potential leads having side effects making them inappropriate for human consumption, causing them huge losses. Thus Natural route, as a source posses an advantage of lower rejections and higher productivity. Recent times have seen an increase in surge for pharmaceuticals setting up Nutraceutical Segment (S.B.U), focusing developing medicines for commercial use. Salvia officinalis Linn (Lamiaceae) perennial evergreen shrub with woody stems, grayish leaves and blue - purplish flowers contains following phytoconstituents Furfural, Tricyclene, α-Pinene, Camphene, Sabinene, β-Pinene, 3- Octane, Myrcene, 3-Octanol, α-Phellandrene, α-Terpinene, p-Cymene, Limonene, (Z)-β-Ocimene, (E)-β-Ocimene, γ-Terpinene, trans-Linalool oxide, Terpinolene, Linalool, cis-Thujone, trans-Thujone, Camphor, Borneol, Terpinen-4-ol, 3-Decanone, α-Terpineol, n-Dodecane, n-Decanol, Isobornyl acetate, Bornyl acetate, Carvacrol, n-Tridecane, α-Cubebene, Eugenol. The present review is an effort to concise a report on this medicinal plant and an up-to-date manifestation on pharmacological relevance explored so far.
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