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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
CNIDILIDE 5 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root 13.0 18.0 0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOOCTA-1,3,5,7-TETRAENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DARENDROSIDE-A 0 Root not available 16.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DARENDROSIDE-B 0 Root not available 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID 3 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DICHLOROOROXYLIN-A 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROBAICALIN 0 Root not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN-A 0 Root not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN-A 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN 16 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERRUGINOL 4 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLUORIDE 3 Root not available 3.5 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
GANHUANGENIN 0 Root not available not available 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 *