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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
4-METHOXY-ACETOPHENONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
4-METHOXY-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
4-PHENYL-BUT-CIS-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
4-PHENYL-BUT-TRANS-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
5,2',5'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
5,7,2',5'-TETRAHYDROXY-8,6'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
5,7,2'-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
5,7,2'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
5,7-DIHYDROXY-6-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root *
5,8-DIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 50.0 *
5-HYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 5.0 *
5-METHYL-FUR-2-ALDEHYDE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
7-METHOXY-BAICALEIN 0 Root *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root Essent. Oil *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Root Essent. Oil *
ACETYLPYRROLE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
APIGENIN 101 Leaf 60.0 *
APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf 40.0 *
ARGININE 14 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 3 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Cancer-Preventive 18 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 4 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 2 *
Carcinogenic 2 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiodepressant 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Cardioprotective 3 *
Cardiotonic 1 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Carminative 2 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-3-Inhibitor 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Caspase-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Choleretic 7 *