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Common Names
Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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. |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacterial | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |