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Plant 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.
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
ARSENIC 2 Root not available 0.2 -0.20 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.
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN 50 Root 1000.0 54000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN 50 Stem not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-O-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
BAICALEIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BAICALEIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALEIN-GLUCOSIDE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN 40 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN 40 Root 1000.0 206000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN 40 Stem 5800.0 43000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN 40 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN-7-GLUCURONIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BAICALIN-A 1 Plant not available not available not available Cell Mol. Biol. Res. (Vol 39=1993)
BAICALIN-GLUCURONIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN-METHYL-ESTER 0 Root not available 27.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALINASE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
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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
Vasodilator 9 Duke, 1992 *
Vasorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 4 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *