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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
(+)-5,5'-DIMETHOXYLARICIRESINOL 0 Root 22.0 *
(-)-ERODICTYOL 0 Root 7.0 *
(2R,3R)-2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
1-PHENYL-BUTANE-1,3-DIONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2',3',5,7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 6.4 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXY-2(R),3(R)-FLAVANONE 0 Root 420.0 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root 120.0 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 10.0 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAMETHOXYFLAVANONE 0 Root 674.0 *
2',5,5',7-TETRAHYDROXY-6',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 17.0 356.0 *
2',5,5',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 3.5 *
2',5,5'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 4.0 *
2',5,5'-TRIHYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXY-2(S)-FLAVANONE 0 Root 380.0 *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Stem *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root *
2',5,6'-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root *
2',5,6'-TRIHYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 7.0 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 9.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Depressant 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Dermal 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.
Dermatitigenic 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Differentiator 1 *
Diuretic 10 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Binder 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 *
Emetic 3 Martindale's 29th
Emmenagogue 2 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Ergogenic 1 *
Essential 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 5 *
Expectorant 4 Martindale's 28th
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Flatugenic 1 Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
FLavor 15 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 15 Martindale's 29th
Fungistat 2 Laekeman, G.M., Van Hoof, L., Haemers, A., Vanden Berghe, D.A., Herman, A.G., and Vlietinck, A.J. Eugenol a Valuable Compound for In Vitro Experimental Research and Worthwhile for Further In Vivo Investigation. Phytotherapy Research 4(3): 93, 1990.