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Plant Scutellaria galericulata (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Marsh 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
6-HYDROXY-LUTEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Plant not available 16.0 -0.63 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
APIGENIN 101 Plant not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
BAICALEIN 50 Plant not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
BAICALEIN-7-BETA-L-RHAMNOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BAICALIN 40 Leaf not available 10000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Plant not available 20.0 0.75 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant not available 176.0 -0.34 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CHRYSIN 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSIN-7-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant not available 27000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIHYDROBAICALEIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
DIHYDRONORWOGONIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
EO 0 Plant not available 600.0 -0.69 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Plant not available 13.0 -0.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE 60 Plant not available 13.0 -0.48 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LUTEOLIN 78 Plant not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
MENTHONE 30 Plant not available 62.0 -0.51 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OROXYLIN-A 4 Plant not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
SCUTELLAREIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Abstract (See species file)
TANNIN 35 Plant 28600.0 35000.0 -0.71 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 1 Abe, K-i., Inoue, O., and Yumioka, E. 1989. Biliary Excretion of Metabolites of Baicalin and Baicalein in Rats. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(1): 208-211, 1990.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial 9 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Anticancer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Anticariogenic 2 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract 1 Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Anticholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 1 Duke, 1992 *