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Three new diterpenes, salviviridinol, viridinol, viridone, five known diterpenes, sugiol, 1-oxoferruginol, ferruginol, aethiopinone and microstegiol, abietane and rearranged abietane diterpenes were isolated from the roots of Salvia viridis. These compounds were assayed against S. aureus ATCC 6538 P, E. coli ATCC 8739, P. mirabilis ATCC 14153, K. pneumonia ATCC 4352, P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853, S. epidermidis ATCC 12228, E. faecalis ATCC 29212 and a yeast C. albicans ATCC 10231. 1-Oxoferruginol showed activity against B. subtilis, S. aureus, S. epidermidis and a modest activity against P. mirabilis, migrostegiol had a little activity against B. subtilis. The structures of the compounds were established by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopic techniques.

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From the roots of Salvia eriophora (Lamiaceae), a new compound, 4,14-dihydroxysaprorthoquinone, was isolated in addition to ten known diterpenoids. The structure of the new compound was established by spectroscopic analysis. The crude extract of the plant and the isolated diterpenoids were tested for their cardiovascular activities using Wistar Albino rats. Activity was demonstrated in the crude extract and in 4,14-dihydroxysaprorthoquinone, aethiopinone, ferruginol, 4,12-dihydroxysapriparaquinone, and 6,7-dehydroroyleanone.

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The roots of Salvia blepharochlaena have yielded two new diterpenoids, blephaein (1) and O-methylpisiferic acid methyl ester (2), together with eight known diterpenoids. The structures of the new compounds were established by spectroscopic analysis and by some chemical reactions. Potent antibacterial activity was exhibited by the known compounds horminone (9) and 7-acetylhorminone (10) against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538 P, Staphylococcus epidermidis ATCC 12226, and Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633. Horminone was also found to be active against Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212.

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