ABOVEGROUND COMPONENTS OF SALVIA SARAWSCHANICA

Abstract

Using the GC-MS method, 36 compounds were identified in the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation from the air-dried above-ground part of Salvia sarawschanica by Regel et Schmalh, which constituted 95.1% of the total oil. The main components of the EO are 1,8-cineole, camphene, camphor, aromadendrene and limonene, the content of which was 33.8, 12.3, 6.8, 5.2 and 4.9%, respectively. Four individual phenolic compounds were isolated from various fractions of the 80% alcoholic extract of the roots of S. sarawschanica, which, based on the study of the ¹H, ¹³C NMR, HSQC and HMBC spectra, were identified with acacetin, luteolin, cynaroside, luteolin-3'-O-β-D-glucuronide. Essential oil from the above-ground parts of the plant S. sarawschanica exhibits a noticeable antibacterial effect against the gram-positive strain of bacteria B. subtilis.