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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
VANILLIN 28 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VERBASCOSIDE 20 Root not available 74.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VISCIDULIN-III 0 Root not available 37.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VISCIDULIN-III-2'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN 16 Leaf not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN 16 Root 34.7 7300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN 16 Stem not available 2100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN-5-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN-7-O-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN-7-O-GLUCURONIC-ACID 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE 1 Root 119.0 54000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE 1 Stem not available 33200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE-METHYL-ESTER 1 Root not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONIN-GLUCURONIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WOGONOSIDE 0 Root not available 39700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Root 17.0 18.0 -0.27 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
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 Duke, 1992 *
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Osteolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.