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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
6BETA-HYDROXY-CARNOSOL 0 Leaf not available not available not available 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.
6BETA-HYDROXY-CARNOSOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7-BETA-ACETOXY-1-ALPHA-6-BETA-DIHYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Root not available 56.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7-BETA-ACETOXY-6-BETA-HYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Root not available 90.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7BETA-ACETOXY-6BETA,9ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
7BETA-ACETOXY-6BETA,9ALPHA-DIHYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Root not available 130.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Root not available 26.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
9-ALPHA-HYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Root not available 18.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
9-DEOXYFORSKOHLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
ACETYL-FORSKOLIN 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLYL-ROYLEANONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-COPAENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-CURCUMENE 3 Root Essent. Oil not available 13000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 84800.0 2.12 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Stem Essent. Oil not available 84800.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-IONONE 5 Root Essent. Oil not available 14000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 94300.0 -0.50 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Stem Essent. Oil not available 94300.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 66800.0 -0.39 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide 1 Wealth of India.
Vulnerary 3 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.