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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
Nephrotoxic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neurogenic 1 *
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 2 *
Neurotoxic 3 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Genic 2 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Osteolytic 1 *
Ovulant 1 *
P21-Inducer 1 *
Parasiticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 12 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 31 *
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 Somasundaram, S., Sadique, J. 1985. Anti-hemolytic Effect of Flavonoidal Glycosides of Clerodendron inerme: An in vitro Study. Fitoterapia 57(2): 103, 1986.