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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
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-O-BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-DAMASCONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTA-1,3-DIENYLBENZENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE 10 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Root 4630.0 10300.0 0.32 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARTHAMIDIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARTHAMIDIN 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
CHRYSIN 60 Leaf not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN 60 Root 3.0 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN 60 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN-6-C-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE-8-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN-6-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN-6-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-8-C-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE 0 Root not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 43.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN-8-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 46.0 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.