PRELIMINARY CHROMATOGRAPHICRESEARCH ON SOME SALVIA SPP. (LAMIACEAE)

Salvia genus, representative for the Lamiaceae family as it comprises approximately one thousand different species, is considered a wide plethora of therapeutic actions, such antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, antitumoral and antidiabetic activity. The paper presents preliminary chromatographic investigations polyphenols in aerial parts some spp. Using high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) coupled with photodensitometry, caffeic acid was identified quantified 20% methanolic extracts Salviaeherba, descending order, follows: S. nemorosa (3.096%) > verticillata (3.041%) sclarea (2.663%) glutinosa (1.962%) aethiopis (0.926%).