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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OROXYLIN-A | 4 | Root | 110.0 | 415.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OROXYLIN-A | 4 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OROXYLIN-A-7-O-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Root | 1000.0 | 41000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OROXYLIN-A-7-O-GLUCURONIDE-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Root | not available | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OROXYLIN-A-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OROXYLIN-A-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CRESOL | 8 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PAEONOL | 20 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENOL | 26 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE | 2 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHTHALIC-ACID-DIBUTYL-ESTER | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHTHALIC-ACID-DIOCTYL-ESTER | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | 6200.0 | 9120.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIVULARIN | 0 | Root | not available | 50.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALIDROSIDE | 1 | Root | not available | 8.0 | 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 * |