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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
ARSENIC 2 Root 0.2 -0.20 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root *
BAICALEIN 50 Root 1000.0 54000.0 *
BAICALEIN 50 Stem 400.0 *
BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root 50.0 *
BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-O-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
BAICALEIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BAICALEIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Stem *
BAICALEIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture *
BAICALIN 40 Plant *
BAICALIN 40 Root 1000.0 206000.0 *
BAICALIN 40 Stem 5800.0 43000.0 *
BAICALIN 40 Tissue Culture *
BAICALIN-7-GLUCURONIDE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BAICALIN-A 1 Plant Cell Mol. Biol. Res. (Vol 39=1993)
BAICALIN-GLUCURONIDE 0 Root *
BAICALIN-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root 27.0 *
BAICALINASE 0 Root *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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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 *