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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
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 *
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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 *