Studies on the Chemical Constituents of Salvia japonica and S. glabrescens

Abstract

Several compounds were isolated from two Japanese wild Salvia species, S. japonica THUNB, and S. glabrescens MAKINO. They were triterpenoids, steroids, a phenolic compound, and a carbohydrate, but a diterpenoid was not found. Their structures were identified as β-sitosterol, β-sitosterol glucoside, ursolic acid, oleanolic acid, 2α-hydroxyursolic acid, maslinic acid, tormentic acid, caffeic acid, and ethyl β-_D-galactopyranoside by the comparison of spectroscopic data with those of the authentic samples.