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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 *
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
CNS-Depressant 6 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Sedative 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Contraceptive 2 Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Cosmetic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 3 Fukutake, M., Yokota, S., Kawamura, H., Iizuka, A., Amagaya, S., Fukuda, K., Komatsu, Y. 1998. Inhibitory effect of Coptidis rhizoma adn Scutellariae radix on azoxymethane-induced aberrant crypt foci formation in rat colon. Biol Pharm Bull, 21(8): 814-817
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Culicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
CYP1A1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 7 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th