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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
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root Essent. Oil 77000.0 -0.37 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Stem Essent. Oil 66800.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 4000.0 -0.40 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Stem Essent. Oil 4000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 -0.84 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Stem Essent. Oil 1000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-TERPINOLENE 0 Stem Essent. Oil 1000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Root Essent. Oil 3000.0 -0.77 Jim Duke's personal files.
BARBATUSIN 0 Leaf 3000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
BARBATUSIN 0 Plant Abstract (See species file)
BARBATUSOL 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.
BARBATUSOL 0 Stem 1500.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Root Essent. Oil 13000.0 -0.43 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 107100.0 0.23 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Stem Essent. Oil 107100.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Root Essent. Oil 14000.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-IONONE 13 Root Essent. Oil 64000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Root Essent. Oil 10000.0 1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 40100.0 0.91 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antioxidant 7 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 *
Antiperoxidant 1 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiplaque 1 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial 1 *
Antiplatelet 1 *
Antipneumonic 1 *
Antiproliferant 3 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antiprostaglandin 2 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 1 *
Antipyretic 1 *
Antiradicular 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirhinoviral 1 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella 1 *
Antiseptic 8 Merck 11th Edition
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antispasmodic 12 *
Antistaphylococcic 5 *