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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
(+)-5,5'-DIMETHOXYLARICIRESINOL 0 Root 22.0 *
(-)-ERODICTYOL 0 Root 7.0 *
(2R,3R)-2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONONE 0 Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
1-PHENYL-BUTANE-1,3-DIONE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
2',3',5,7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 6.4 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXY-2(R),3(R)-FLAVANONE 0 Root 420.0 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root 120.0 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 10.0 *
2',3,5,6',7-PENTAMETHOXYFLAVANONE 0 Root 674.0 *
2',5,5',7-TETRAHYDROXY-6',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 17.0 356.0 *
2',5,5',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root 3.5 *
2',5,5'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 4.0 *
2',5,5'-TRIHYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXY-2(S)-FLAVANONE 0 Root 380.0 *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Stem *
2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Root *
2',5,6'-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE 0 Root *
2',5,6'-TRIHYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 7.0 *
2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE 0 Root 9.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigliomic 1 *
Antiglutamaergic 1 *
Antigonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigout 1 *
Antihangover 1 *
Antihemolytic 1 *
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Martindale's 28th
Antihepatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatomic 2 *
Antihepatotic 2 *
Antihepatotoxic 2 *
Antiherpetic 4 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 5 *
AntiHIV 6 *
Antihydrocoele 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.