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Plant Scutellaria baicalensis (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
N-HEXADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRACOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRICOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIDECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOBAICALEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEOBAICALEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOCNIDILIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORWOGONIN 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
O-CRESOL 6 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCHRACIN 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OROXYLIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OROXYLIN-A 4 Plant 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 *