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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
SALVIGENIN 0 Leaf not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTEBAICALIN 0 Shoot not available 184.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELLAREIN 7 Leaf not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELLAREIN 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELLARIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELLARIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SENKYUNOLIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SKULLCAPFLAVONE-I 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SKULLCAPFLAVONE-II 4 Root 3.3 863.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SKULLCAPFLAVONE-II 4 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Root 740.0 991.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
SYRINGARESINOL-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 52.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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 *