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Plant Scutellaria baicalensis (Lamiaceae)

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

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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
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 *
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 *