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Common Names
Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antisecretory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiserotonic | 1 | Internat. J. Oriental Med. 15(4): 199, 1990+ |
| Antishigellic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisickling | 3 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antispasmodic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antispastic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistaph | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistaphylococcic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistreptococcic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 6 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antistroke | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antisyndrome-X | 3 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antithrombic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |