Forskolin

Plant: Harp bush (Plectranthus barbatus) (Coleus forskolii).

• On human and animal organism, forskolin possesses multiple effects as a direct stimulator of the enzyme adenylyl cyclase. Therefore, it is used experimentally in biochemistry and pharmacology
• The plant has ethnopharmacological significance in Ayurvedic medicine as well as in the folk medicines of Brazil, Africa and China
• It is used in the treatment of gastrointestinal, respiratory, cardiac and nervous disorders.
• Discussion about the use of forskolin in the treatment of heart disease, asthma, thrombosis and obesity.
• alleged “fat burner” agent for bodybuilders (effectiveness is not sufficiently proven)