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Common Names
Forskohl's Coleus; Indian Coleus; False Boldo
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 200000.0 | -0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Essential Oil | 8000.0 | 75000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARIOCAL | 0 | Stem | not available | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-ALPHA-BERGAMOTENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 50000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COLEOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Phytochemistry, 29: 821. |
| COLEONOL | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| COLEONOLS | 0 | Tuber | 2000.0 | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COLEONS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| COLEOSOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| CYCLOBUTATUSIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
| DEACETYL-FORSKOHLIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Phytochemistry, 29: 821. |
| DEHYDROABIETANE | 3 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FORSKOLIN | 34 | Tuber | 3000.0 | 4630.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-2-CADINENE | 0 | Essential Oil | 19000.0 | 43000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROXYCALAMENENE | 0 | Essential Oil | 8000.0 | 75000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| T-CADINOL | 0 | Essential Oil | 5000.0 | 41000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimitotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiotitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiplatelet | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipsoriac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antispasmodic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistaphylococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombotic | 1 | Bezanger-Beauquesne, L. Noveautes en Phytotherapie. Huitieme Revue. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 25: 46-76, 1991. |
| Antithyreotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 1 | Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992). |
| Antiviral | 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. |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Suzdak, P. D., Browne, R. G. 1985. The Effect of Chronic in vivo Infusion of Forskolin on Noradrenergic Receptor Sensitivity. Psychopharmacology, 87(4): 464-467. |
| Bronchodilator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| cAMP-genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 1 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |