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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
P450-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery 3 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide 15 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 Somasundaram, S., Sadique, J. 1985. Anti-hemolytic Effect of Flavonoidal Glycosides of Clerodendron inerme: An in vitro Study. Fitoterapia 57(2): 103, 1986.
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Progestational 1 Duke, 1992 *
Progesteronigenic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Purgative 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.