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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
N-HEXADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRACOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRICOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIDECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOBAICALEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEOBAICALEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOCNIDILIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORWOGONIN 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
O-CRESOL 6 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCHRACIN 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OROXYLIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OROXYLIN-A 4 Plant not available not available 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.