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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
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6',8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 7.0 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6'-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 4.0 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 6.0 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 6.0 *
2',5,8-TRIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 200.0 *
2'-METHYLSKULLCAPFLAVONE 0 Root *
2(S),2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root 230.0 *
2,2',4',6-TETRAHYDROXY-6'-METHOXYCHALCONE 0 Root 5.0 *
2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN 1 Root Essent. Oil *
2-FORMYL-PYRROLE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2-HYDROXYACETOPHENONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2-METHYL-BENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2-PENTYL-FURAN 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2-PHENYL-BUTAN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2S-2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONONE 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
3-PHENYL-FURAN 0 Root Essent. Oil *
3-PHENYL-PROP-2-EN-1-AL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6-METHOXY-FLAVANONE 0 Root 115.0 *
4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 20.0 30.0 *
4-ETHENYLGUAIACOL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Sedative 9 *
Serotoninergic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Sialidase-Inhibitor 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jan-93.
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soporific 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Spermicide 3 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 1 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 2 Merck 11th Edition
Termiticide 1 *
Termitifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterogenic 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thrombolytic 1 *
Thyrotropic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318.
Tracheorelaxant 1 *