“…The known abietane diterpenes were identified as carnosol (1), 20-deoxo carnosol (2), carnosic acid (3), 20-hydroxyferruginol (4), 12-O-methyl carnosic acid (5), and 11,12,20-trihydroxy-abieta-8,11,13-triene (6) (Fig. 1) by comparison with spectral data (UV, ESI-MS, and 1D and 2D NMR) of authentic samples and/or previous reports (Brieskorn and Fuchs, 1962;Linde, 1964;Inatani et al, 1982;Matsumoto and Usui, 1982;Gonzalez et al, 1988Gonzalez et al, , 1991Schwarz and Ternes, 1992;Cuvelier et al, 1994;Richheimer et al, 1996;Son et al, 2005). 20-Hydroxyferruginol was first isolated from Sequoia sempervirens (redwood) and shown to possess anti-tumour activity but has not previously been reported from Salvia officinalis (Son et al, 2005).…”