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S. baicalensis Georgi having a common name Baikal skullcap is a member of family Lamiaceae. S. macrantha Fisch. is the synonym for S. baicalensis. S. baicalensis is cultivated in China, Korea, Mongolia, Siberia and the Russian Far East. S. baicalensis is one of the 50 fundamental herbs of the Chinese Materia Medica and is known as Huang Qin. The root is used in the medicine.
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Saroya, A.S., Singh, J. (2018). Neuropharmacology of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. In: Pharmacotherapeutic Potential of Natural Products in Neurological Disorders. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0289-3_6
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