An acetone extract of the aerial parts of Scutellaria baicalensis provided a new neo-clerodane, scutebaicalin, the structure of which was established as 6 alpha,7 beta-dibenzoyloxy 8 beta-hydroxy-neo-cleroda-4(18),13-dien-15,16-olide by spectroscopic means. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.