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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
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticomplementary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonstrictive 2 Duke, 1992 *
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.