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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antioxidant | 7 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antioxidant (LDL) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplatelet | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistaphylococcic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |