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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
4-METHOXY-ACETOPHENONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHOXY-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-PHENYL-BUT-CIS-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-PHENYL-BUT-TRANS-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,2',5'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
5,7,2',5'-TETRAHYDROXY-8,6'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
5,7,2'-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
5,7,2'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
5,7-DIHYDROXY-6-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,8-DIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-FUR-2-ALDEHYDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-METHOXY-BAICALEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLPYRROLE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Leaf not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf not available 40.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Root 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
Tranquilizer 3 Duke, 1992 *
Transdermal 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 3 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Triglycerolytic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 3 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide 1 Duke, 1992 *