Salvia also is known as common sage or garden sage is a genus belonging to the family Lamiaceae have about 900 species. amongst those species, Salvia officinalis has been extensively used as a medicinal plant in treating many diseases (Zupko et al., 2001: (Wichtl, 2004).
Salvia officinalis is small rounded shrub with a height of two feet and a width of two feet. The flowers are violet-blue, pink or white up to 1 3/8 inches lengthy, small, tube-like clustered together in whorls alongside the stem tops. The leaves are wooly white, textured, elongated ovals 1-2½ inches. The drier the climate, the grayer the leaf color. Blooms might also to June (Kamatou et al., 2008).
3.6.5.4.2. Chemical composition:
Figure (d): Chemical structure of active components of Salvia officinalis
Salvia officinalis is one of the essential herbs with a savoury and slightly peppery flavor. Essential oil of sage contains cineole, borneol, and thujone. Sage leaf contains tannic acid, oleic acid, ursonic acid, ursolic acid, niacin, nicotinamide, flavones, flavonoid glycosides, cornsole, cornsolic acid, fumaric acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, and estrogenic substances (Akhondzadeh et al., 2003).
3.6.5.4.3. The health benefit: Autism:
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oils found that the oils isolated for 2 and 3 h were stronger free radical scavengers, at the same time as with the thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) way, the highest antioxidant values had been acquired in the oils isolated for 30 min, 2 and 3 h. hydroxyl radical scavenging and lipoxygenase activity assays showed the satisfactory outcomes with oils isolated for 1 and 3 h. with the deoxyribose way, sage oils at concentrations <1000 mg L(-1) confirmed higher interest than mannitol. The important oil of S. Officinalis proved very weak antimicrobial hobby (Miguel et al.,