The Effect of Salvia officinalis oil on Some Physiological Variables for People Who Suffer from Chronic Diseases

Abstract

Background: The active compound in sage is the essential oil, which consists of ketones, alpha-thujone, and beta-thujone Other active compounds, such as: Borneol, Cineol, Cornsole, and Fumaric Acids like Cornsolic acid, Tannic acid, and Nicotinic acid. Methodology: The extraction process used an organic solvent (ethyl alcohol) at a concentration of 95%, where 20 were placed Use for extraction. Extraction (glass flask) of one liter capacity ml of the organic ethanol solvent was added and the extraction process was carried out by a device Soxhlet extract) and the extraction was continued for 24 hours at a temperature of 45 ° C, in isolation A solvent under low pressure using an evaporator vammrotary device to obtain the alcoholic extract Extract cut while in use The number of people with high blood sugar reached thirty, and they were divided into 15 men and 15 women, twenty of whom had high blood sugar and 10 had control. The first group of men was given 3 drops of sage oil and the second group was given 6 drops and the third was not given a control group and repeated the same treatments on Women. Result shows the effect of sage oil on reducing the cumulative sugar of diabetics, as the cumulative sugar concentration in men who consumed the oil reached two drops and those who consumed three drops, where it reached a concentration of 8 and 6 respectively compared to the control, where it reached 12 and women who consumed two and three drops of sage oil for a period of 6 months , 5, respectively, compared to control, where its concentration was 12 indicative of reducing sage oil for sugar in treatments compared to control .