Sanguisorba minor Scop. - syn.Poterium sanguisorba L.; Poterium muricatum Spach; Sanguisorba lasiocarpa (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Hand.-Mazz. - Rosaceae - garden burnet, little burnet, salad burnet, small burnet, **Kleiner Wiesenknopf**, (Garten-) Pimpinelle

"The leaves and flowers are said to own a slightly cucumber-like taste. Both can be used in cold drinks and in salads. Also, they are used to flavor marinades, sauces, chicken and fish dishes." \\
[[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleiner_Wiesenknopf]]

"A survey of compositional characteristics of the aerial part of sheep's burnet (Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata) growing in Mediterranean French pastures has been undertaken... Besides the major component, cellulose (20.4%), amino acid analysis showed that proteins contained mainly glutamic acid plus glutamine (0.67%) and aspartic acid plus asparagine (0.56%). The main fatty acids were palmitic (29.1%), linoleic (22.6%), and linolenic (21.4%)." \\
[Nutritional value of Mediterranean sheep's burnet (Sanguisorba minor ssp. muricata)., Viano, J., Masotti, V., Gaydou, E.M., Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, Vol.47(11), 1999, 4645-4648]

{{:farnesylacetate.jpg|(E,E)-farnesylacetate}} (E,E)-farnesylacetate

The major constituents of the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of Sanguisorba minor leaves were [[http://www.thegoodscentscompany.com/data/rw1290091.html|(E,E)-farnesylacetate]] (13.4%), nonadecane (11.2%), docosane (11.0%), β-caryophyllene (9.7%), and nonanal (8.5%). Also present was [[https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/68473438|(E)-α-damascenone]] (3.2%).\\
[Chemical Constituents of the essential oil of Sanguisorba minor Scop. leaves from Iran., Esmaeli A., Masoudi SH., Masnabadi N., Rosteaeian A.A.H., Journal of Medicinal plants, Vol.9(35), 2010, 67-70] [[http://www.jmp.ir/files/site1/user_files_8d9738/rustaiyan-A-10-194-1-2254f45.pdf]]

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Thomé, O.W., Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, Tafeln, vol.3 t.412 (1885) \\
[[http://www.plantillustrations.org/species.php?id_species=904768]]


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