name: Pineappple Sage

flavor_db_name_variants: pineappple sage

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Pineappple sage

id: 266

name_scientific: Salvia elegans

description: Salvia elegans, commonly called Pineapple sage or Tangerine Sage, is a perennial shrub native to Mexico and Guatemala. It inhabits Madrean and Mesoamerican pine-oak forests between 6,000 and 9,000 ft (1,800 and 2,700 m). S. elegans has tubular red flowers and an attractive scent to the leaves that is similar to pineapple. The leaves and flowers of S. elegans are edible. The plant is extensively used in Mexican traditional medicine, especially for the treatment of anxiety, and also for lowering of blood pressure. Although scientific information about these medicinal properties is scarce, a preliminary study on mice found support for the plant potentially having antidepressant and antianxiety properties. Pineapple sage has also been shown to have a dose-dependent antihypertensive effect, attributed to its action as an angiotensin II receptor antagonist and inhibitor of the angiotensin converting enzyme.

itis_id: 832880

wikipedia_id: Salvia_elegans

picture_file_name: 266.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 80063

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:43:25.000Z

legacy_id: 286

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Herbs

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:29.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-17T16:19:45.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 888065

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00266