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Common Names
Common St. Johnswort; Hypericum; Klamath Weed; St. John's-wort; Goatweed
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUMULENE | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HUMULENE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| HYPERESIN-1 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERESIN-2 | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERFORIN | 7 | Flower | not available | 27930.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERFORIN | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERFORIN | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERFORIN | 7 | Plant | 20000.0 | 45000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERFORIN | 7 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERICIN | 26 | Cotyledon | not available | 14.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERICIN | 26 | Essential Oil | not available | 2200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERICIN | 26 | Flower | 860.0 | 18000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERICIN | 26 | Flower Essent. Oil | 5.0 | 19.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERICIN | 26 | Fruit | not available | 730.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERICIN | 26 | Leaf | 190.0 | 1950.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERICIN | 26 | Plant | 5000.0 | 7000.0 | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| HYPERICIN | 26 | Shoot | 390.0 | 1780.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERICIN | 26 | Stem | 40.0 | 210.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERICINS | 0 | Plant | 95.0 | 4660.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYPERICODIHYDROANTHRONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimelanogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimelanomic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenopausal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimenorrhagic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antimetastatic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimitotic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiMRSA | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiMS | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimutagenic | 29 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Antimyocarditic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antineoplastic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinephritic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 8 | Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18. |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antinociceptive | 9 | Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990. |
| Antinyctalopic | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |