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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
GERANYL-ACETONE 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL 18 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEDYOTOL-C-4''-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root not available 38.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEDYOTOL-D-4''-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root not available 32.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANOIC-ACID 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXAHYDROFARNESYL-ACETONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXANO-4-LACTONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HUANGQIN 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
INDOLE 15 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Root 170.0 220.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCARTHAMIDIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCARTHAMIDIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ISOEUGENOL 16 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOMARTYNOSIDE 0 Root not available 23.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCUTELLAREIN 2 Leaf not available 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCUTELLAREIN-8-O-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOWOGONIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KOGANEBANAIN 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
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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
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 3 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-9-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic 7 Duke, 1992 *