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Common Names
Chinese Skullcap; Huang Qin; Baikal Skullcap
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiencephalopathic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendometriotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antienterotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiestrogenic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antifatigue | 4 | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Antifeedant | 4 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigastric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |