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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
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6',8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6'-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,8-TRIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2'-METHYLSKULLCAPFLAVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2(S),2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root not available 230.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,2',4',6-TETRAHYDROXY-6'-METHOXYCHALCONE 0 Root not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN 1 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-FORMYL-PYRROLE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXYACETOPHENONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYL-BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2S-2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONONE 0 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
3-PHENYL-FURAN 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-PROP-2-EN-1-AL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6-METHOXY-FLAVANONE 0 Root not available 115.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 20.0 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ETHENYLGUAIACOL 0 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
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithyreotropic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antithyroid 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitonsilitic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antitoxin (Strychnine) 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antitriglyceride 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
Antituberculic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 3 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Antiulcer 6 Duke, 1992 *