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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |