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Common Names
Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SALVIGENIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | 4.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCUTEBAICALIN | 0 | Shoot | not available | 184.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCUTELLAREIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCUTELLAREIN | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCUTELLARIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCUTELLARIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SENKYUNOLIDE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SKULLCAPFLAVONE-I | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SKULLCAPFLAVONE-II | 4 | Root | 3.3 | 863.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SKULLCAPFLAVONE-II | 4 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 740.0 | 991.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| SYRINGARESINOL-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 52.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Sedative | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 3 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thrombolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Thyrotropic | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |