Salvia Camosol

Camosol (abietane diterpene) Rosmarinus officinalis. Salvia officinalis (Lamiaceae) HIV-1 protease (> 30 pM) [54]... 

Other abietane derivatives with benzenoid ring C are among the active substances in some well-known medicinal herbs. The parent hydrocarbon (-)-8,l 1,13-abieta-triene occurs in the pine tree Pinus pallasiana (Pinaceae). (+)-Camosolic acid and the 20,7p-lactone (-olide) of its hydroxy-derivative referred to as camosol belong to the bitter substances of the oil of sage from Salvia camosa (Labiatae) and related species. (-)-Rosmanol, a 20,6p-lactone, is an antioxidant isolated from the leaves of rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis (Labiatae), which also contain camosol. 

The antioxidant activity of sage Salvia officinalis) is related with the presence of antioxidants such as camosol, camosic acid, rosma-nol, and rosmarinic acid (Cuvelier et al. 1996). Camosol and camosic acid possess good peroxyl and hydroxyl radical-scavenging activity... 

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