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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Scutellaria lateriflora (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Mad-Dog Skullcap; Scullcap
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
2-METHYL-ALKANES 0 Plant J. Nat. Prod.
3,9-DIMETHYL-ALKANES 0 Plant J. Nat. Prod.
3-METHYL-ALKANES 0 Plant J. Nat. Prod.
AJUGAPITIN 0 Shoot 53.0 *
ALKANES 0 Plant *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Essential Oil 42000.0 1.69 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE 2 Essential Oil 42000.0 -0.10 *
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 35.0 258.0 -0.24 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 140.0 1025.0 -0.35 *
ASH 0 Plant 13152.0 96000.0 -0.45 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 2.6 19.0 -0.62 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Essential Oil 92000.0 1.39 *
CALAMENENE 0 Essential Oil 152000.0 1.00 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 623.0 4550.0 -0.97 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 106860.0 780000.0 0.69 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CATALPOL 3 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
CATALPOL 3 Shoot *
CHROMIUM 24 Plant 0.1 0.7 -0.80 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 1 Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 1 *
Myorelaxant 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Nematicide 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Neuroprotective 1 *
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 4 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 1 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 4 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P21-Inducer 1 *