Scutellaria Explained

Scutellaria is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. They are known commonly as skullcaps. The generic name is derived from the Latin scutella, meaning "a small dish, tray or platter",[1] or "little dish",[2] referring to the shape of the calyx.[2] The common name alludes to the resemblance of the same structure to "miniature medieval helmets".[2] The genus has a subcosmopolitan distribution,[3] with species occurring nearly worldwide, mainly in temperate regions.[4]

Description

Most Scutellaria are annual or perennial herbaceous plants from tall, however a few are subshrubs. Some Scutellaria are aquatic. Scutellaria have four-angled stems and opposite leaves, and flowers with upper and lower lips. The genus is most easily recognized by the typical shield on the calyx that has also prompted its common name.

Traditional use

Skullcaps are used in traditional medicine, such as in traditional Chinese medicine. The root of Scutellaria baicalensis a common component of many preparations[5] is marketed in volumes that have led to the overexploitation of the wild plant. Its rarity has led to an increase in price, and encouraged the adulteration of the product with other species of Scutellaria.[6]

In 1773, Scutellaria lateriflora became a common treatment in North America for the hysteria and hydrophobia caused by rabies.[7] Today it is still a popular medicinal herb.[8] It is widely available as a commercial product used in western herbalism.[9] The plant reportedly commands prices of $16 to $64 per pound dry weight.[10]

Constituents

The main compounds in skullcap are flavonoids.[6] Isolated chemical compounds include wogonin, wogonoside, and 3,5,7,2',6'-pentahydroxyl flavanone found in Scutellaria.[11] Other constituents include baicalin, apigenin, oroxylin A, and scutellarein.[12]

Selected species

See main article: List of ''Scutellaria'' species. Estimates of the number of species in the genus range from around 300[2] [4] to about 350[13] [14] or 360[15] to 470.[3] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]

Selected species include:

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=SCUPARvMIS Scutellaria parvula var. missouriensis.
  2. Book: Nirmal . Joshee . Thomas S. . Patrick . Rao S. . Mentreddy . Anand K . Yadav . 2002 . http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/ncnu02/v5-580.html . Skullcap: Potential medicinal crop . 580–6 . Janick . J. . A. . Whipkey . Trends in New Crops and New Uses . Alexandria, Virginia . ASHS Press.
  3. Ulloa, C. U. and P. M. Jørgensen. Scutellaria. Árboles y arbustos de los Andes del Ecuador. eFloras.
  4. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=10537 Scutellaria.
  5. Cole . Ian . Cao . Jin . Alan . Ali . Saxena . Praveen . Murch . Susan . 2008 . Comparisons of Scutellaria baicalensis, Scutellaria lateriflora and Scutellaria racemosa: Genome Size, Antioxidant Potential and Phytochemistry . Planta Medica . 74 . 4 . 474–81 . 18484546 . 10.1055/s-2008-1034358. 31127513 .
  6. Guo . Xiaorong . Wang . Xiaoguo . Su . Wenhua . Zhang . Guangfei . Zhou . Rui . 2011 . DNA Barcodes for Discriminating the Medicinal Plant Scutellaria baicalensis (Lamiaceae) and Its Adulterants . Biological & Pharmaceutical Bulletin . 34 . 8 . 1198–203 . 21804206 . 10.1248/bpb.34.1198 . free.
  7. https://www.scu.edu.au/analytical-research-laboratory---arl/medicinal-plant-garden/medicinal-plant-monographs/scutellaria-lateriflora/ Scutellaria lateriflora.
  8. Li . Jing . Wang . Yan-Hong . Smillie . Troy J. . Khan . Ikhlas A. . 2012 . Identification of phenolic compounds from Scutellaria lateriflora by liquid chromatography with ultraviolet photodiode array and electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry . Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis . 63 . 120–7 . 22342658 . 10.1016/j.jpba.2012.01.027.
  9. Jiayu . Gao . Alberto . Sanchez-Medina . Barbara A. . Pendry . Michael J. . Hughes . Geoffrey P. . Webb . Olivia . Corcoran . 2008 . Validation of a HPLC method for flavonoid biomarkers in skullcap (Scutellaria) and its use to illustrate wide variability in the quality of commercial tinctures . Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences . 11 . 1 . 77–87 . 18445366 . 10.18433/J39G6V . free.
  10. Janke, R. A Grower's Guide: Scullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora). MF-2628. Cooperative Extension, Kansas State University. 2004.
  11. Lim . Beong Ou . 2003 . Effects of wogonin, wogonoside, and 3,5,7,2′,6′-pentahydroxyflavone on chemical mediator production in peritoneal exduate cells and immunoglobulin E of rat mesenteric lymph node lymphocytes . Journal of Ethnopharmacology . 84 . 1 . 23–9 . 12499072 . 10.1016/S0378-8741(02)00257-X.
  12. Awad R, Arnason JT, Trudeau V, Bergeron C, Budzinski JW, Foster BC, Merali Z . Phytochemical and biological analysis of skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora L.): a medicinal plant with anxiolytic properties . Phytomedicine . 10 . 8 . 640–9 . 2003 . 14692724 . 10.1078/0944-7113-00374.
  13. Shang . Xiaofei . He . Xirui . He . Xiaoying . Li . Maoxing . Zhang . Ruxue . Fan . Pengcheng . Zhang . Quanlong . Jia . Zhengping . 2010 . The genus Scutellaria an ethnopharmacological and phytochemical review . Journal of Ethnopharmacology . 128 . 2 . 279–313 . 20064593 . 10.1016/j.jep.2010.01.006.
  14. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=129910 Scutellaria.
  15. Pool . Amy . 2006 . New Species of Scutellaria (Lamiaceae) from Mesoamerica . Novon . 16 . 3 . 388–403 . 20406083 . 10.3417/1055-3177(2006)16[388:NSOSLF]2.0.CO;2. 86160022 .
  16. Hsu . Tsai-Wen . Kuo . Chia-Chi . Tsai . Chi-Chu . Chiang . Yu-Chung . 2009 . Isolation and characterization of 16 microsatellite markers from a rare and endemic species, Scutellaria austrotaiwanensis (Lamiaceae) . Conservation Genetics Resources . 1 . 1 . 85–8 . 10.1007/s12686-009-9020-0 . 2009ConGR...1...85H . 27063502.
  17. http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2&start_taxon_id=129910 Scutellaria, list of taxa.
  18. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Scutellaria . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2010-11-12.
  19. http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=5&start_taxon_id=129910 Scutellaria, list of taxa.
  20. De Novo Assembly and Species-Specific Marker Development as a Useful Tool for the Identification of Scutellaria L. Species . 2021 . Choi . Hakjoon . Kang . Wan Seok . Kim . Jin Seok . Na . Chang-Su . Kim . Sunoh . Current Issues in Molecular Biology . 43 . 3 . 2177–2188 . 10.3390/cimb43030152 . 34940126 . 8929090 . free.
  21. Çiçek . Mehmet . Ketenoğlu . Osman . 2011 . Scutellaria anatolica (Lamiaceae), a New Species from Turkey . Annales Botanici Fennici . 48 . 3 . 276–9 . 10.5735/085.048.0309 . 83741723.
  22. Billie L. . Turner . 2011 . A new species of Scutellaria (Lamiaceae) from Oaxaca, Mexico . Phytologia . 93 . 2 . 241–4.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Scutellaria".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.