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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Scutellaria baicalensis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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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
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6',8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 7.0 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6'-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 4.0 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 6.0 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 6.0 *
2',5,8-TRIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 200.0 *
2'-METHYLSKULLCAPFLAVONE 0 Root *
2(S),2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root 230.0 *
2,2',4',6-TETRAHYDROXY-6'-METHOXYCHALCONE 0 Root 5.0 *
2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN 1 Root Essent. Oil *
2-FORMYL-PYRROLE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2-HYDROXYACETOPHENONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2-METHYL-BENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2-PHENYL-BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2S-2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONONE 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
3-PHENYL-FURAN 0 Root Essent. Oil *
3-PHENYL-PROP-2-EN-1-AL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6-METHOXY-FLAVANONE 0 Root 115.0 *
4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 20.0 30.0 *
4-ETHENYLGUAIACOL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Acaricide 3 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 *
Acidulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adaptogenic 1 *
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 11 Kohda, H., Tanaka, S., Yamaoka, Y., Yahara, S., Nohara, T., Tanimoto, T., Tanaka, A. 1989. Studies on Lens-Aldose-Reductase Inhibitor in Medicinal Plants.II Active Constituents of Monochasma savatierii FRANCH, et MAXIM. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(11):3153-3154
Allelochemic 3 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.
Allelopathic 1 Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 6 Martindale's 28th
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analgesic 6 Merck 11th Edition
Anaphrodisiac 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Androgenic 1 *
Anemiagenic 1 *
Anesthetic 5 *