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Common Names
Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |