Baicalin

Of baicalin from scutellaria root extract a kind of separating flavonoids, room temperature is light yellow powder, taste bitter. Hardly soluble in methanol, ethanol, acetone, slightly soluble in chloroform and nitrobenzene, almost insoluble in water, soluble in hot acetic acid. Encounter ferric trichloride show green, encounter lead acetate generated orange precipitation. Soluble in alkali and ammonia showing yellow, soon to become dark brown. Has significant biological activity, has antibacterial, diuresis, anti-inflammatory, cholesterol, resisting thrombosis, relieve asthma, purging fire, detoxification, hemostatic, fetus, anti allergy and spasmolysis effect, as well as the specificity of the mammalian liver sialidase inhibitors, has to adjust the action of certain diseases, physiological efficiency also has strong anticancer reaction. Mainly used in the treatment of wet temperature, heat warm bosom frowsty vomiting, damp and hot new full, diarrhea, jaundice, lung heat, high heat polydipsia, coughed up blood hot vomiting, carbuncle swollen chuangdu, quickening malaise. Baicalin also can absorb ultraviolet light, removal of oxygen free radicals and inhibiting the production of melanin, is a kind of very good functional hairdressing cosmetic raw materials.