Scutellaria Baicalensis Georgi : A Rising Paradigm Of Herbal Remedies

There is a growing interest in the use of natural products like herbs, spices and plant extracts in the human food and animal feed industries. Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi from the Labiatae family is one of the fifty fundamental herbs of traditional Chinese medicine is thus used to treat a number of health disorders for over two thousand years. It is also called baical or chinese scutellaria or skullcap. The genus of scutellaria includes approximately 300 species. The NewYork university medical center reports that baicalin can enhance the activity of antibiotics against antibiotic resistant staph bacteria. Other highly preliminary evidence suggests that skullcap have anti diabetic, anti inflammatory, antiviral, antitumor, antioxidative and hepatoprotective properties, anti anxiety, and anti hypertensive effects. The present paper is an overview on scientifically established and published phytopharmacological properties of the plant.