Salvia splendens (Scarlet Sage)

For thousands of years,natural products have played an important role throughout the world in treating and preventing human diseases.Large number of medicinal plants have been advocated in folklore medicines,for treating various diseases and disorders.One of such plant is Salvia splendens(Labiatae).Tribal of Chotanagpur,Chattisgarh and Jharkand region of INDIA are using different parts of this plant for the treatment of different disease for human.Salvia splendens is known as scarlet sage mainly consists of anthocyanins and terpenoids.As guided by the literature regarding the traditional uses of this plant as antidiabetic and antioxidant,the methanolic and aqueous extracts were screened for these activities.This book should be especially useful for academic and industrial researchers to carryout further research in order to explore other biological activities.