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Plant 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CNIDILIDE 5 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root 13.0 18.0 0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOOCTA-1,3,5,7-TETRAENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DARENDROSIDE-A 0 Root not available 16.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DARENDROSIDE-B 0 Root not available 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID 3 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DICHLOROOROXYLIN-A 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROBAICALIN 0 Root not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN-A 0 Root not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN-A 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN 16 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERRUGINOL 4 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLUORIDE 3 Root not available 3.5 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
GANHUANGENIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide 3 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 6 Merck 11th Edition
Anaphrodisiac 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 5 Duke, 1992 *