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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.
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
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.
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.