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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
(+)-5,5'-DIMETHOXYLARICIRESINOL 0 Root not available 22.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ERODICTYOL 0 Root not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(2R,3R)-2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONONE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
1-PHENYL-BUTANE-1,3-DIONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2',3',5,7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 6.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXY-2(R),3(R)-FLAVANONE 0 Root not available 420.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root not available 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAMETHOXYFLAVANONE 0 Root not available 674.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,5',7-TETRAHYDROXY-6',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 17.0 356.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,5',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 3.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,5'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 4.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,5'-TRIHYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXY-2(S)-FLAVANONE 0 Root not available 380.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,6'-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,6'-TRIHYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 7.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 9.0 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
GABA-nergic 2 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Gonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hallucinogenic 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Hemolytic 2 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatoprotective 6 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 225.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hypertensive 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic 3 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.