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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANILLIN | 28 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VERBASCOSIDE | 20 | Root | not available | 74.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISCIDULIN-III | 0 | Root | not available | 37.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VISCIDULIN-III-2'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN | 16 | Leaf | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN | 16 | Root | 34.7 | 7300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN | 16 | Stem | not available | 2100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN-5-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN-7-O-D-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN-7-O-GLUCURONIC-ACID | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE | 1 | Root | 119.0 | 54000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE | 1 | Stem | not available | 33200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE-METHYL-ESTER | 1 | Root | not available | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONIN-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WOGONOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 39700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Root | 17.0 | 18.0 | -0.27 | 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 * |