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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
(+)-FERRUGINOL 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.
(+)-FERRUGINOL 0 Stem 700.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1,9-DIDEOXY-7-DEACETYL-FORSKOHLIN 0 Plant Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
1,9-DIDEOXYCOLEONOL 0 Root 80.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1,9-DIDEOXYFORSKOHLIN 0 Plant Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
1,9-DIDEOXYFORSKOLIN 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
1,9-DIDEOXYFORSKOLIN 0 Tissue Culture Jim Duke's personal files.
1-ACETOXY-COLEOSOL 0 Root 12.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1-ACETYL-FORSKOLIN 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
1-ALPHA-6-BETA-7-ALPHA-TRIACETYL-COLEONOL-B 0 Flower Jim Duke's personal files.
1-DEOXYFORSKOLIN 0 Root 10.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
16(R)-PLECTRINON-A 0 Leaf 10.8 Jim Duke's personal files.
20-DEOXOCARNOSOL 0 Stem 585.0 -1.00 *
3BETA-HYDROXY-3-DEOXYBARBATUSIN 0 Leaf 140.0 *
6-ALPHA-HYDROXY-CARNOSOL 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
6-BETA-7-BETA-DIHYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Root 24.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
6BETA,7BETA,9ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Plant Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
6BETA,7BETA,9ALPHA-TRIHYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Root 26.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
6BETA-HYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Plant Phytochemistry, 29: 821.
6BETA-HYDROXY-8,13-EPOXY-LABD-14-EN-11-ONE 0 Root 20.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ecbolic 1 *
Emetic 2 *
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic 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.
Expectorant 6 Martindale's 29th
FLavor 14 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 11 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
GABA-nergic 1 *
Gastrostimulant 1 *
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatoprotective 2 *
Hepatotropic 1 *
Herbicide 7 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
Hypnotic 1 *
Hypocholesterolemic 1 Yu, S.G., Anderson, P.J., and Elson, C.E. 1995. Efficacy of B-Ionone in the Chemoprevention of Rat Mammary Carcinogenesis. J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2144-2147.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypotensive 2 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Hypothermic 2 *
Hypotriglyceridemic 1 *