Essential oils of
Salvia macrochlamys and
Salvia recognita were obtained by hydrodistillation of driedaerial parts and characterized by gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.One hundred and twenty identified constituents representing 97.7% in
S. macrochlamys and 96.4%in
S. recognita were characterized, and 1,8-cineole, borneol, and camphor were identified as majorcomponents of the essential oils. The oils were evaluated for their antimalarial, antimicrobial, andantifungal activities. Antifungal activity of the essential oils from both
Salvia species was nonselectiveat inhibiting growth and development of reproductive stroma of the plant pathogens
Colletotrichumacutatum,
Colletotrichum fragariae, and
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides.
S. macrochlamys oil hadgood antimycobacterial activity against
Mycobacterium intracellulare; however, the oils showed noantimicrobial activity against human pathogenic bacteria or fungi up to a concentration of 200
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g/mL.
S. recognita oil exhibited a weak antimalarial activity against
Plasmodium falciparum.