procosalvina

English translation: picrosalvin

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Spanish term or phrase:	procosalvina
English translation:	picrosalvin
Entered by:	Michele Fauble

21:25 Feb 20, 2005

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Science - Botany

Spanish term or phrase: procosalvina

Comes from a description of the medical and cosmetic properties of sage

The main components of its leaves are essential oil, pentacyclic triterpenes, flavonoids, rosemarinic oil and ***procosalvina****

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David Russell KudoZ activity Questions: 321 (none open) (7 without valid answers) (21 closed without grading) Answers: 194 Spain
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picrosalvin

Explanation:
.. Diterpene bitters; picrosalvin (= carnosol), carnosolic acid and others ... Indications: Red Sage is the classic remedy for inflammations of the mouth, ...
www.healthy.net/library/books/ hoffman/materiamedica/redsage.htm

... Rosmarinic acid and other phenolic acids, diterpenes such as picrosalvin (carnosol)
www.whisperingwood.homestead.com/ HGHerbIdentificationlistRS.html

.. terpenoids (picrosalvin and ursolic acid), and caffeic acid derivatives (rosmerinic and ... Sage has both phytoestrogenic and antihydrotic mechanisms. ...
www.uspharmacist.com/index.asp?page=ce/3176/default.htm

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Note added at 9 hrs 35 mins (2005-02-21 07:01:10 GMT)
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... -A bitter principle: picrosalvin, to which Sage owes its anti-microbial action. It would thus be worth prescribing Sage capsules in cases of: ...
www.planetherbs.com/articles/european.html

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Michele Fauble
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Local time: 16:28

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picrosalvin

Michele Fauble

salvene

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salvene

Explanation:
maybe that's not exactly it, but the "salvina" bit must be "salvene"

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Note added at 1 hr 13 mins (2005-02-20 22:39:00 GMT)
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\"All parts — leaves, flowers and stems — have healing properties. The beneficial components in sage are resin, flavonoids, salvene, saponins, tannin, terpene, camphor, estrogene substances, and volatile oils.\" (http://www.holisticbirds.com/hbn03/summer03/pages/sage.htm)

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picrosalvin

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