Salvia Species as Nutraceuticals: Focus on Antioxidant, Antidiabetic and Anti-Obesity Properties

Salvia plants belong to the Lamiaceae family and are recognized as being strongly aromatic, widely used for different purposes in culinary or traditional medicine. These well rich phenolic acids, flavonoids terpenic compounds, which exhibit health-beneficial activities, protecting against oxidative inflammatory-related diseases, such diabetes obesity. Because of these properties, phytochemicals from species have been investigated health promoting agents, application distinct fields. However, growing demand natural products with possible uses applications industry requires scientific validation studies. This review consists a compilation relevant studies an emphasis on antioxidant, antidiabetic anti-obesity properties phenolic-rich extracts plants.