Mf. Wang et al., ISOLATION AND STRUCTURAL ELUCIDATION OF AROMA CONSTITUENTS BOUND AS GLYCOSIDES FROM SAGE (SALVIA-OFFICINALIS), Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 46(7), 1998, pp. 2509-2511
Four glycosidic bound flavor precursors, 1,8-epoxy-p-menthan-2-yl-O-be
ta-D-glucopyranoside, (6R,9R)-3-oxo-alpha-ionol beta-D-glucopyranoside
, (6R,9S)-3-oxo-alpha-ionol beta-D-glucopyranoside, and eugenylglucosi
de, were isolated from the ethanol extract of Dalmatian sage. Their st
ructures were elucidated by spectral methods (NMR and MS). All four co
mpounds are new to the constituents of sage.