Salvia dominica
| Salvia dominica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Salvia |
| Species: | S. dominica
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| Binomial name | |
| Salvia dominica | |
| Synonyms | |
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Salvia graveolens Vahl | |
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Salvia dominica (Dominica sage, in Arabic ( Maru = مرو or "Khowwekha" = خويخة ), in (
menorah. It grows to about 1 meter in height and width, and blooms in spring or early summer with pale yellow and white flowers in delicate whorls.[3]
Biological properties
A group of Italian and Jordanian researchers isolated twenty-four new sesterterpenes, some of them with interesting biological activity due to their interaction with
tubulin-tyrosine ligase (TTL), an enzyme involved in the tyrosination cycle of the C-terminus of tubulin, and inhibit TTL activity in cancer cells.[4]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Salvia dominica.
- ^ Field Guide of Wild Flower of Jordan and Neighbouring Countries by Dawud Al-Eisawi
- ^ Flowers in Israel
- ISBN 978-0-88192-560-9.
- PMID 19459643.