The genus Salvia belongs to the family Lamiaceae and encompasses 900 species
worldwide of which 26 are found in southern Africa and many of them are used in local …

Salvinorin A is the major active ingredient of Salvia divinorum, a plant used by the Mazatec
Indians of Mexico for spiritual and medical purposes. Different preparations from S …

Vimang is an aqueous extract of Mangifera indica used in Cuba to improve the quality of life
in patients suffering from elevated stress. To assess its possible analgesic and …

Salvinorin A is a potent, selective nonnitrogenous kappa opioid agonist and the known
psychoactive constituent of Salvia divinorum, a member of the mint family that has been …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Smilax ornata Lem. is used in folklore medicine to
treat rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatic pain. This particular claim has never been …

Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge, known as red sage or Danshen, is commonly applied in Chinese
herbal therapeutics for various biological effects. In 25–220 CE, the earliest Chinese Materia …

Abstract Ethnopharmacological relevance Serjania marginata (Sapindaceae), a medicinal
plant commonly found in the Brazilian Cerrado, Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina, is also …

Renealmia alpinia is a medicinal plant that has been cultivated and used for the treatment of
headaches, abdominal pain, as a febrifuge and to treat snake bites in southeast Colombia …

Objectives: As some species of the Salvia family have been shown to exert antidepressant-
like activity, the aim of this study was to investigate the antidepressant effects of the aqueous …

Salvia divinorum is a hallucinogenic sage used to treat illness by the Mazatec Indians of
Mexico. Salvinorin A (1a), a neoclerodane diterpenoid isolated from the plant, is a potent …