Forskolin, a natural product from a member of the mint family, has been used in Indian folk medicine for thousands of years. Difficult to extract, European researchers have refined a method to produce it using yeast.
Assisting in the relaxation of human blood and respiratory vessels, forskolin could be a potent drug for treating cardiovascular problems as well as asthma and glaucoma. Meeting market needs has so far been difficult as its availability and purity depend on crop cultivation conditions.
Further details: Microbes become forskolin producers