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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
N-HEXADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRACOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRADECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRICOSANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIDECANE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOBAICALEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NEOBAICALEIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOCNIDILIDE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NORWOGONIN 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
O-CRESOL 6 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCHRACIN 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OROXYLIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OROXYLIN-A 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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.