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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihypertensive | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiimpotence | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiincontinence | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antikeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilactobacillic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilaryngitic | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antilepric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antileukemic | 9 | Life Sciences 55: 1061. |
| Antileukonychic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotriene-D4 | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilisteria | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilithic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiLyme | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilymphomic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |