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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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 2 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacne 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiADD 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 14 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialopecic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.