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.“
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„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]

(E,E)-farnesylacetate

The major constituents of the essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of Sanguisorba minor leaves were (E,E)-farnesylacetate (13.4%), nonadecane (11.2%), docosane (11.0%), β-caryophyllene (9.7%), and nonanal (8.5%). Also present was (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

Thomé, O.W., Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz, Tafeln, vol.3 t.412 (1885)
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Sanguisorba minor, Perchtoldsdorfer Heide © Rolf Marschner (2007)
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