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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FORSKOLIN | 34 | Tuber | not available | 4630.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-CURCUMENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 50000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 2100.0 | -0.70 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Stem Essent. Oil | not available | 2100.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HUMULENE | 2 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 17000.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 3900.0 | -0.67 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Stem Essent. Oil | not available | 3900.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 8100.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LINALYL-ACETATE | 7 | Stem Essent. Oil | not available | 8100.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MANOOL-OXIDE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 3800.0 | -0.35 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 4000.0 | -0.62 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Stem Essent. Oil | not available | 3800.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NONAN-3-ONE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 6000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 24600.0 | -0.41 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 2000.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Stem Essent. Oil | not available | 24600.0 | 1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHYTANE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PIPERITONE | 7 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PLECTRIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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. |