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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 *
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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 *