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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Coleus barbatus (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Forskohl's Coleus
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PLECTRINON-B 0 Leaf 2.5 Jim Duke's personal files.
PRISTANE 0 Root Essent. Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 2900.0 -0.52 Jim Duke's personal files.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Stem Essent. Oil 2900.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
TRIACETYL-COLEONOL-B 0 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Nematicide 7 Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Occuloirritant 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteoclastic 1 *
P450-1A-Inducer 1 *
P450-2B-Inducer 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 *
P450-Inducer 2 *
Pancreatonic 1 *
Perfume 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Perfumery 14 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 19 *
Prolactinogenic 1 *
Prooxidant 2 *
Prostaglandigenic 1 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 *
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Respirainhibitor 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Rubefacient 1 *