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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
ARSENIC 2 Root not available 0.2 -0.20 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN 50 Root 1000.0 54000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN 50 Stem not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-O-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
BAICALEIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BAICALEIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN 40 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN 40 Root 1000.0 206000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN 40 Stem 5800.0 43000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN 40 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN-7-GLUCURONIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BAICALIN-A 1 Plant not available not available not available Cell Mol. Biol. Res. (Vol 39=1993)
BAICALIN-GLUCURONIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root not available 27.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALINASE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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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
Hypothermic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 4 Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant 3 Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 7 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge? 1 Martindale's 28th
Insectiphile 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinogenic 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Irritant 7 Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide 3 Duke, 1992 *