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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
KOGANEBANANIN 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
LEUCINE 2 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOSCEPTOSIDE-A 0 Root not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGUSTILIDE 7 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 7170.0 7220.0 2.48 Duke, 1992 *
MALTOL 11 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 18.0 29.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
MELATONIN 23 Leaf not available 7.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY 1 Root not available 0.1 -0.22 Chen, H.C. and Lin, S.M. 1988. Determination of Mineral Elements in Certain Crude Drugs (Part 1), Kaohsiung J. Med. Sci., 4: 259-272.
METHIONINE 15 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 1 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-DOCOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-DODECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-EICOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HENEICOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *