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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
Antivaginitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivasculitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiwrinkle 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiyeast 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 2 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Astringent 2 Merck 11th Edition
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 3 Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *