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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
COLEUS-BARBATUS-SECO-ABIENTANE-DITERPENE-1 0 Stem not available 60.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COLEUS-BARBATUS-SECO-DITERPENE-2 0 Stem not available 10.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COPAENE 1 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 30600.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
COPAENE 1 Stem Essent. Oil not available 30600.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CROCETIN-DIALDEHYDE 0 Root not available 20.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CROCETIN-DIALDEHYDE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CUPARENE 1 Root Essent. Oil not available 16000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
CYCLOBUTATUSIN 0 Leaf not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEACETYL-FORSKOHLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
DEACETYL-FORSKOLIN 0 Flower not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEACETYL-FORSKOLIN 0 Root not available 51.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DECAN-3-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 177000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEHYDROABIETANE 3 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Stem Essent. Oil not available 63500.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DELTA-SELINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available 4000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEOXYCOLEONOL 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FORSKOLIN 34 Plant not available 500.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FORSKOLIN 34 Root 14.0 4400.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FORSKOLIN 34 Shoot not available 90.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FORSKOLIN 34 Tissue Culture 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
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 1 Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant 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.
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Martindale's 28th
COX-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Culicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytostatic 1 Darias, V., Bravo, L., Rabanal, R., Sanchez-Mateo, C.C., and Martin-Herrera, D.A. 1988. Cytostatic and Antibacterial Activity of Some Compounds Isolated from Several Lamiaceae Species from the Canary Islands. Planta Medica 56(1): 70, 1990.
Cytotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Decongestant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Diuretic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *