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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
OROXYLIN-A 4 Root 110.0 415.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OROXYLIN-A 4 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OROXYLIN-A-7-O-GLUCURONIDE 0 Root 1000.0 41000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OROXYLIN-A-7-O-GLUCURONIDE-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OROXYLIN-A-GLUCURONIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OROXYLIN-A-GLUCURONIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL 8 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PAEONOL 20 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL 26 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHTHALIC-ACID-DIBUTYL-ESTER 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHTHALIC-ACID-DIOCTYL-ESTER 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Root 6200.0 9120.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIVULARIN 0 Root not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SALIDROSIDE 1 Root not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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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 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.