SCUTELLARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scutellaria mean? 

• SCUTELLARIA (noun)
  The noun SCUTELLARIA has 1 sense:

1. an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps

  Familiarity information: SCUTELLARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCUTELLARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Scutellaria; Scutellaria

Hypernyms ("Scutellaria" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Holonyms ("Scutellaria" is a member of...):

family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family (a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary)

 Context examples 

An herb that belongs to a group of herbs named the Scutellaria species or scullcap.

(Herba Scutellaria Barbata, NCI Dictionary)

An orally active aqueous extract derived from the plant Scutellaria barbata with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Apoptosis Inducer BZL101, NCI Thesaurus)

Containing the antioxidant flavone scutellarin, herba Scutellaria barbata has been shown to induce apoptosis of ovarian and breast tumor cells in vitro.

(Herba Scutellaria Barbata, NCI Thesaurus)

An oral traditional Chinese herbal formulation in powder form containing a spray dried aqueous extract from the herbs Scutellaria baicalensis, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Ziziphus jujuba and Paeonia lactiflora with potential immunomodulating and chemoprotective activities.

(Chinese Herbal Formulation PHY906, NCI Thesaurus)

An orally available, multivalent herbal formulation containing a novel mixture of whole extracts from three commonly used Chinese medicinal herbs Ganoderma lucidum (lingzhi mushroom), Salvia miltiorrhiza (Chinese sage, or danshen) and Scutellaria barbata (ban zhi lian), with potential immunomodulating, antiangiogenic, anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative and antiviral activities.

(Multifunctional/Multitargeted Anticancer Agent OMN54, NCI Thesaurus)

PC-SPES, an herbal supplement containing extracts from 8 herbs including Chrysanthemum morifolium, Ganoderma lucidum (a root fungus), Glycyrrhiza glabra (Spanish liquorice), Isatis indigotica, Panax pseudoginseng, Rabdosia rubescens, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Serona repens (saw palmetto), with potential antineoplastic and antiproliferative effects, specifically in prostate cancer cells.

(PC-SPES, NCI Thesaurus)

A Chinese herb isolated from the plant Scutellaria barbata D. Don (Lamiaceae) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Herba Scutellaria Barbata, NCI Thesaurus)