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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
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 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.