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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
KOGANEBANANIN 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LEUCINE 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOSCEPTOSIDE-A 0 Root not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGUSTILIDE 7 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 7170.0 7220.0 2.48 Duke, 1992 *
MALTOL 11 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 18.0 29.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
MELATONIN 23 Leaf not available 7.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Root not available 0.1 -0.22 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.
METHIONINE 15 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 1 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-DOCOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-DODECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-EICOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HENEICOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Root Essent. Oil 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.