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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.
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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.
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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 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.