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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root Essent. Oil *
BENZYL-O-BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root 13.0 *
BETA-DAMASCONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Root Essent. Oil *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Root Essent. Oil *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root *
BUTA-1,3-DIENYLBENZENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE 10 Root Essent. Oil *
CALCIUM 28 Root 4630.0 10300.0 0.32 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root *
CARTHAMIDIN 0 Leaf *
CARTHAMIDIN 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CHRYSIN 60 Leaf 40.0 *
CHRYSIN 60 Root 3.0 800.0 *
CHRYSIN 60 Stem *
CHRYSIN-6-C-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE-8-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root 2000.0 *
CHRYSIN-6-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
CHRYSIN-6-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-8-C-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Root 100.0 *
CHRYSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root 43.0 *
CHRYSIN-8-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root 46.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
CNS-Depressant 6 *
CNS-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Collagenic 1 *
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 *
Culicide 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
CYP1A1-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 *
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