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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
Phytoalexin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Progestational 1 Duke, 1992 *
Progesteronigenic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Prooxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide 1 Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 2 Duke, 1992 *
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide 3 Duke, 1992 *
Schistosomicide 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.