Chromatographic fractionation of dichloromethane (EDSM) and ethanol (EESM) extracts of Salvia melissi ora Benth. aerial parts led to the identi cation of ve known compounds through analyses of NMR data (1D and 2D), and comparison with literature data: oleanolic acid (1), ursolic acid (2), ent-(5R,9R)-15,16-epoxy-10S-hydroxycerodan-3,13( 16),14-triene-17,12S;18,19-diolide (melissi orine, 3), 7-episalvianduline A (4) and rosmarinic acid (5). The anti-in ammatory and antinociceptive activity of EESM and EDSM were evaluated in mice. The oral administration of EESM reduced the second phase of formalin-induced nociception, the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced hyperalgesia and the carrageenaninduced edema in mice. The oral administration of EDSM also reduced LPS-induced hyperalgesia without altering motor performance of the animals. The anti-in ammatory and anti-nociceptive effects are probably related to the presence of compounds 5 and 1, and 2, respectively. The antioxidant activity of the extracts was evaluated using the ORAC method. The EESM extract showed activity (TE relative: 2845.2 µmol TE g − 1 ), which can be attributed to the major presence, in this extract, of compound 5, which showed an antioxidant capacity comparable to that of caffeic acid.