Essential oils of &lt;i&gt;Salvia macrochlamys&lt;/i&gt; and &lt;i&gt;Salvia recognita&lt;/i&gt; were obtained by hydrodistillation of dried
aerial parts and characterized by gas chromatography and gas chromatographyâmass spectrometry.
One hundred and twenty identified constituents representing 97.7% in &lt;i&gt;S. macrochlamys&lt;/i&gt; and 96.4%
in &lt;i&gt;S. recognita&lt;/i&gt; were characterized, and 1,8-cineole, borneol, and camphor were identified as major
components of the essential oils. The oils were evaluated for their antimalarial, antimicrobial, and
antifungal activities. Antifungal activity of the essential oils from both &lt;i&gt;Salvia&lt;/i&gt; species was nonselective
at inhibiting growth and development of reproductive stroma of the plant pathogens &lt;i&gt;Colletotrichum
acutatum&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Colletotrichum fragariae&lt;/i&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Colletotrichum gloeosporioides&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;i&gt;S. macrochlamys&lt;/i&gt; oil had
good antimycobacterial activity against &lt;i&gt;Mycobacterium intracellulare&lt;/i&gt;; however, the oils showed no
antimicrobial activity against human pathogenic bacteria or fungi up to a concentration of 200 Î¼g/mL. &lt;i&gt;S. recognita&lt;/i&gt; oil exhibited a weak antimalarial activity against &lt;i&gt;Plasmodium falciparum&lt;/i&gt;.
Keywords: &lt;i&gt;Salvia macrochlamys&lt;/i&gt;; &lt;i&gt;Salvia recognita&lt;/i&gt;; essential oil; GC-MS; 1,8-cineole; borneol; camphor;
antimalarial activity; antimicrobial activity; &lt;i&gt;Colletotrichum acutatum&lt;/i&gt;;&lt;i&gt; Colletotrichum fragariae&lt;/i&gt;; &lt;i&gt;Colletotrichum gloeosporioides&lt;/i&gt;