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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
CNIDILIDE 5 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Root 13.0 18.0 0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOOCTA-1,3,5,7-TETRAENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE 1 Root not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
DARENDROSIDE-A 0 Root not available 16.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DARENDROSIDE-B 0 Root not available 18.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECANOIC-ACID 3 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DICHLOROOROXYLIN-A 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROBAICALIN 0 Root not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN-A 0 Root not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROOROXYLIN-A 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELEMICIN 16 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FERRUGINOL 4 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FLUORIDE 3 Root not available 3.5 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
GANHUANGENIN 0 Root 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
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Martindale's 28th
Antihepatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 6 Duke, 1992 *
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.