Description

Scutellaria barbata are common medicinal plants of the Lamiaceae family, which have been used as heat-clearing and detoxifying herbs for thousands of years. S. barbata produce specific flavonoid compounds, including baicalein, scutellarein, norwogonin, wogonin, as well as their glycosides, that exhibit antioxidant and antitumor activities.

Scientific classitication

Family: Lamiaceae

Genus: Scutellaria

Common Name

Ban Zhi Lian

Reference

Xu, Z., Gao, R., Pu, X., Xu, R., Wang, J., Zheng, S., Zeng, Y., Chen, J., He, C., & Song, J. (2020). Comparative Genome Analysis of Scutellaria baicalensis and Scutellaria barbata Reveals the Evolution of Active Flavonoid Biosynthesis. Genomics, proteomics & bioinformatics, S1672-0229(20)30126-1.