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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-FERRUGINOL 0 Leaf Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
(+)-FERRUGINOL 0 Stem 700.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1,9-DIDEOXY-7-DEACETYL-FORSKOHLIN 0 Plant Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
1,9-DIDEOXYCOLEONOL 0 Root 80.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1,9-DIDEOXYFORSKOHLIN 0 Plant Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
1,9-DIDEOXYFORSKOLIN 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
1,9-DIDEOXYFORSKOLIN 0 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
1-ACETOXY-COLEOSOL 0 Root 12.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1-ACETYL-FORSKOLIN 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
1-ALPHA-6-BETA-7-ALPHA-TRIACETYL-COLEONOL-B 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
1-DEOXYFORSKOLIN 0 Root 10.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
16(R)-PLECTRINON-A 0 Leaf 10.8 Jim Duke's personal files.
20-DEOXOCARNOSOL 0 Stem 585.0 -1.00 *
3BETA-HYDROXY-3-DEOXYBARBATUSIN 0 Leaf 140.0 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXY-CARNOSOL 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
6-BETA-7-BETA-DIHYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Root 24.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
6BETA,7BETA,9ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Plant Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
6BETA,7BETA,9ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Root 26.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
6BETA-HYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Plant Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
6BETA-HYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Root 20.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Secretogogue 1 *
Sedative 7 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Sialogogue 1 *
Spasmogenic 4 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 1 *
Stimulant 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Stomachic 1 *
Sunscreen 1 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Termiticide 1 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer 1 *
Thyrotropic 1 *
Tracheorelaxant 1 *
Tranquilizer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 4 *
Tremorigenic 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.
Trichomonicide 4 *
Tumor-Promoter 1 *
Tumorigenic 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Vasodilator 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.