TERPENOIDS AND FLAVONOIDS FROM SALVIA-CYANESCENS

The following compounds have been identified in the aerial parts of Sa lvia cyanescens: a new diterpenoid 12-isopentenyl-3-oxosalvipisone, tw o sesquiterpenes caryophyllene oxide, spathulenol, five diterpenes dit erpenes manoyl oxide, 11 beta-hydroxymanoyl oxide, ferruginol, aethiop inone and salvipisone, three triterpenes alpha-amyrin, alpha-amyrin 3- acetate and lupeol 3-acetate as well as sitosterol and four flavonoids salvigenin, 6-hydroxyapigenin-7,4'-dimethyl ether, 6-hydroxykaempfero l-3,6-dimethyl ether and kaempferol-3,7-dimethyl ether. (C) 1997 Elsev ier Science Ltd.