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Plant 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-PINENE 13 Root Essent. Oil not available 54000.0 -0.46 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PINENE 13 Stem Essent. Oil not available 40100.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNEOL 35 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 11900.0 -0.52 Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNEOL 35 Stem Essent. Oil not available 11900.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 4300.0 -0.56 Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 200000.0 -0.71 Jim Duke's personal files.
BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Stem Essent. Oil not available 4300.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Root not available 42.9 -0.88 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPHENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 11200.0 -0.48 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPHENE 9 Root Essent. Oil not available 64000.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPHENE 9 Stem Essent. Oil not available 11200.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPHOR 41 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2500.0 -0.83 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAMPHOR 41 Stem Essent. Oil not available 2500.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CAR-3-ENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 7400.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
CAR-3-ENE 0 Stem Essent. Oil not available 7400.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARIOCAL 0 Stem not available 800.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARVACROL 37 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CARVACROL 37 Stem Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COLEFORSIN 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COLEFORSINE 0 Root not available 500.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Secretogogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 7 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Sialogogue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Spasmogenic 4 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 1 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Termiticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Thyrotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tracheorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 4 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Tumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
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.