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

Common Names

Common St. Johnswort; Hypericum; Klamath Weed; St. John's-wort; Goatweed

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE	0	Plant	1.0	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYLHEPTAN-2,4-DIONE	0	Plant	0.3	4.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Plant	0.1	2.3	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ACYLPHLOROGLUCINOLS	0	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.
ADHYPERFOLIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADHYPERFOLIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADHYPERIFORIN	0	Plant	2000.0	19000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKANES	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKANOLS	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMORPHENE	0	Plant	0.3	4.5	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAMPHOLENOL	0	Plant	0.1	0.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUPRENENE	0	Plant	16.0	288.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-EUDESMOL	0	Plant	2.5	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Plant	1.0	18.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Plant	0.3	5.4	-1.13	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	13.0	245.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Plant	1.0	18.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiobesity	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychogryphotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	43	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipeptic	1	Chem & Pharm. Bull., 34: 3854, 1986.
Antiperiodontal	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.