The original way of utilizing this herb was to grind the roots in a mortar and pestle into a find powder which assisted in curing a variety of ailments such as allergies, infections, headaches and inflammation.
The flowering periods for this plant ranges from July to August, while the fruiting period ranges from August to September. This plant enjoys the grassland areas as well as high, dry and rocky slopes.
Apoptosis - Methanol extract from cultured Scutellaria baicalensis cells inhibited the proliferation of human monocytic leukemia cell line THP-1 and human osteogenic sarcoma cell line HOS.
Physiological analyses in THP-1 cells showed that wogonin induced cell cycle arrest at G2/M phase and apoptosis. This is the first report discovering a cancer-