Scutellariae Radix is the dried roots of Scutellaria baicalensis belonging to Labiataeae.It has been used as a medicine for a long time and mainly for the treatment of pulmonary cough

acute dysentery

irascibility and headache.In recent years

scholars at home and abroad have found that baicalin is one of the active ingredients contained in Scutellariae Radix

with anti-bacterial

anti-inflammatory

sedationand reducing blood pressure

protecting liver and gallbladder and other pharmacological effects.Magnesium

as one of the necessary elements that human body needs

plays an important role in the metabolism of the human body.This paper was to study the pharmacological effects and drug-preparations of baicalin and magnesium byreviewing relevant references in Wanfang

CNKI and PubMed databaseswithinrecent years.It was foundthat in addition toanti-inflammatory

anti-virus and anti-oxidation effects

baicalin was alsoeffective in the treatment of hepatitis and asthma

with anti-tumor andanti-human immunodeficiency virus(HIV)-1 activities

and it could promote the growth of embryonic in vitro.In addition

it also had protective effects on cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury and diabetic nephropathy.However

the pharmacokinetic study of baicalin showed that it had poor water solubility and low absolute bioavailability.Researchers developed a number of new drug delivery systems to improve the bioavailability of baicalin.Previous studies had confirmed that the original form of baicalin in Scutellariae Radix was baicalin magnesium salt.In order to explore the possible pharmacological action of baicalin magnesium salt and the feasibility of its preparations

pharmacological effects and mechanism of baicalin and magnesium were summarized brieflyin this paper

and the future directions for baicalin magnesium salt pharmacological study and drug-preparations wereproposed

hoping toprovide references for the studyof baicalin magnesium salt and lay a foundation foritsdevelopment and clinical applications.