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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Ecbolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatoprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotriglyceridemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |