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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
4-METHOXY-ACETOPHENONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
4-METHOXY-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
4-PHENYL-BUT-CIS-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
4-PHENYL-BUT-TRANS-3-EN-2-ONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
5,2',5'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
5,7,2',5'-TETRAHYDROXY-8,6'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
5,7,2'-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
5,7,2'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root Abstract (See species file)
5,7-DIHYDROXY-6-METHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root *
5,8-DIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 50.0 *
5-HYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 5.0 *
5-METHYL-FUR-2-ALDEHYDE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
7-METHOXY-BAICALEIN 0 Root *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root Essent. Oil *
ACETOPHENONE 6 Root Essent. Oil *
ACETYLPYRROLE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
APIGENIN 101 Leaf 60.0 *
APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf 40.0 *
ARGININE 14 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Lung) 2 *
Anticanker 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticariogenic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticataract 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticephalagic 1 *
AntiCFS 1 *
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholinergic 1 *
Anticlimacteric 2 *
Anticoagulant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolic 1 *
Anticolitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticomplementary 1 *
Anticonstrictive 2 *
Anticonvulsant 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticoronary 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
AntiCrohn's 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidandruff 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.