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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
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 *