COMPARATIVE-STUDY OF SCUTELLARIA-PLANIPES AND SCUTELLARIA-BAICALENSIS

Scutellaria planipes, a species of Scutellaria, was explored by compar ing to Scutellaria baicalensis, a pharmacopoeia species, Four principl e flavonoids in both the plant roots were analyzed by using a reversed -phase chromatographic system with a chemically bonded ODS silica gel column and phosphate buffer:methanol (68:32 and 1:1) as mobile phase. Their contents were similar in both plant roots, Antiallergic and anti bacterial activities in vitro and acute toxicity were compared, The re sults provided valuable data for S. planipes as a potential medicinal resource. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.