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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-5,5'-DIMETHOXYLARICIRESINOL 0 Root 22.0 *
(-)-ERODICTYOL 0 Root 7.0 *
(2R,3R)-2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
1-PHENYL-BUTANE-1,3-DIONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2',3',5,7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 6.4 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXY-2(R),3(R)-FLAVANONE 0 Root 420.0 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root 120.0 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 10.0 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAMETHOXYFLAVANONE 0 Root 674.0 *
2',5,5',7-TETRAHYDROXY-6',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 17.0 356.0 *
2',5,5',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 3.5 *
2',5,5'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 4.0 *
2',5,5'-TRIHYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXY-2(S)-FLAVANONE 0 Root 380.0 *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Stem *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root *
2',5,6'-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root *
2',5,6'-TRIHYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 7.0 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 9.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antianaphylactic 2 Abe, K-i., Inoue, O., and Yumioka, E. 1989. Biliary Excretion of Metabolites of Baicalin and Baicalein in Rats. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(1): 208-211, 1990.
Antiandrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianoxic 1 Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarachidonate 1 *
Antiarrhythmic 6 *
Antiarthritic 7 *
Antiasthmatic 5 *
Antiatherosclerotic 4 *
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibacterial 16 *
AntiBPH 1 *
Anticancer 1 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.