Its non-polar extracts have been tested as antimicrobial and these presented inhibitory activity against Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Candida albicans and Staphylococcus aureus.
Salvia | Salvia pratensis | Salvia officinalis | Salvia divinorum | Salvia radula | Salvia mellifera | Salvia Divinorum | salvia | Salvia uliginosa | Salvia pachyphylla | Salvia mexicana | Salvia leucantha | Salvia glutinosa | Salvia apiana | Salvia aegyptiaca | Mined mined leaf of ''Salvia pratensis | "Horminum tingitanum" (''Salvia tingitana | Balanites aegyptiaca |
Salvia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) species including the bucculatricid leaf-miner Bucculatrix taeniola which feeds exclusively on the genus and the Coleophora case-bearers C. aegyptiacae, C. salviella (both feed exclusively on S. aegyptiaca), C. ornatipennella and C. virgatella (both recorded on S. pratensis).