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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Hypericum perforatum (Clusiaceae)

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
HYPERIFOLIN 0 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
HYPERIN 14 Plant 3500.0 5500.0 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Flower 6570.0 1.38 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Plant 3500.0 20000.0 1.41 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Shoot 5000.0 40000.0 1.00 *
HYPEROSIDE 30 Stem *
I3,II8-BIAPIGENIN 0 Flower 100.0 500.0 *
I3,II8-BIAPIGENIN 0 Plant 2600.0 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
IMANIN 1 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
IMANIN 1 Shoot *
ISHWARANE 0 Plant 0.5 9.0 *
ISOFERULIC-ACID 4 Plant *
ISOHYPERICIN 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ISOQUERCETIN 3 Plant Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
ISOQUERCITIN 0 Plant *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Flower *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Plant 3000.0 1.00 *
ISOVALERIANIC-ACID 0 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ISOVALERIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimelanogenic 2 *
Antimelanomic 4 *
Antimenopausal 1 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 3 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimigraine 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 *
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 *
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 *
Antinephritic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antineuramidase 1 *
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.