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Plant Scutellaria lateriflora (Lamiaceae)

Common Names
Mad-Dog Skullcap; Scullcap
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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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-HENTRICONTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Plant not available not available not available J. Nat. Prod.
N-PENTATRIACONTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTATRIACONTANE 0 Plant not available not available not available J. Nat. Prod.
N-TRITRIACONTANE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRITRIACONTANE 0 Plant not available not available not available J. Nat. Prod.
NIACIN 39 Plant 5.0 35.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 248.0 1810.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 2987.0 21800.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 14933.0 109000.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
RESIN 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.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant 0.3 2.2 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
SCUTECYPROL-A 0 Shoot not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELATERIN-A 0 Shoot not available 5.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELATERIN-B 0 Shoot not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELATERIN-C 0 Shoot not available 6.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
SCUTELLAREIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
SCUTELLARIN 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.
SELENIUM 60 Plant 0.1 0.8 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
SILICON 4 Plant 0.7 4.8 -0.52 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
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 10 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 5 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 3 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.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.