Planta Medica, Table of Contents Planta Med 1984; 50(4): 290-295DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-969712 Research Articles © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkStudies on Scutellariae Radix; IX New Component Inhibiting Lipid Peroxidation in Rat LiverYoshiyuki Kimura1 , Hiromichi Okuda1 , Zenei Taira2 , Noboru Shoji2 , Tsunematsu Takemoto2 , Shigeru Arichi3 12nd Department of Medical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Ehime University, Shigenobu-cho, Onsen-gun, Ehime, 791-02, Japan 2Faculty of Sciences, Tokushima-Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima, 770, Japan 3The Research of Oriental Medicine, Kinki University, Minamikawa-chi-gun, Osaka, Japan Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract The substance (Sb-1), which inhibits lipid peroxide formation (in vitro experiments), and various flavonoids (wogonin, oroxylin A, chrysin, skullcapflavone II, baicalein and baicalin) were obtained from roots of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. On the basis of analytical and physical data, the structure of Sb-1 was proved to be 2′,5,5′, 7-tetrahydroxy-6′,8-dimethoxy-flavone. PDF (559 kb)
