part I INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 THE FOLKLORE AND COSMETIC USE OF VARIOUS SALVIA SPECIES -- part II BOTANY -- chapter 2 THE SAGE PLANTS OF GREECE: DISTRIBUTION AND INFRASPECIFIC VARIATION -- chapter 3 SALVIA IN SOUTHERN AFRICA / part III CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS -- chapter 4 TERPENOIDS IN THE GENUS SALVIA -- chapter 5 ESSENTIAL OILS OF SALVIA SPR: EXAMPLES OF INTRASPECIFIC AND SEASONAL VARIATION -- chapter 6 SALVIANOLIC ACIDS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS / part IV CULTIVATION AND BREEDING -- chapter 7 THE CULTIVATION OF SAGE -- chapter 8 GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF CULTIVATED SPECIES OF THE GENUS SALVIA / chapter 9 THE ECOPHYSIOLOGY OF SALVIA: DISORDERS AND ADAPTATION -- chapter 10 LEGAL PROTECTION OF SALVIA VARIETIES / part V PHARMACOLOGY -- chapter 11 THE BIOLOGICAL/PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF THE SALVIA GENUS -- chapter 12 ANTIOXIDANTS FROM SALVIA OFFICINALIS / chapter 13 THE ANTIHYPERTENSIVE PROPERTIES OF DAN SHEN, THE ROOT OF SALVTA MILTIORRHIZA -- chapter 14 WHY SAGE MAY BE A WISE REMEDY: EFFECTS OF SALVIA ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM / part VI BIOTECHNOLOGY -- chapter 15 THE BIOTECHNOLOGY OF LABIATAE -- chapter 16 IN VITRO ROSMARINIC ACID PRODUCTION / chapter 17 SALVIA SPP.: TISSUE CULTURE, SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS, MICROPROPAGATION AND BIOTRANSFORMATION / chapter 18 PRODUCTION OF SECONDARY METABOLITES USING LIQUID CULTURE OF SALVIA PLANTS: UP-TO-DATE REPORTS AND SCALE-UP POTENTIAL / part VII COMMERCIAL ASPECTS -- chapter 19 PRODUCTION OF SALVIA OIL IN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES -- part VIII GENERAL ISSUES -- chapter 20 SCIENTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SOURCES WITH REGARD TO GENUS SALVIA.