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Plant 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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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
N-OCTANOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
N-UNDECANE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-UNDECANE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-UNDECANE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-ALLOOCIMENE 0 Plant 0.3 5.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
NERAL 4 Plant 0.4 6.3 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
NEROL 10 Plant 1.0 18.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
NERYL-ACETATE 5 Plant 1.0 18.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID 11 Leaf 0.0 1200.0 0.86 Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSANE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANE 0 Plant 23.0 414.0 1.73 Duke, 1992 *
NOR-CYCLOPSEUDOHYPERICIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NOVOIMANIN 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NOVOIMANIN 0 Shoot 30000.0 40000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-ENE 0 Plant 1.5 17.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OPCS 25 Plant not available not available not available Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind)
ORNITHINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Plant 0.5 9.0 -0.42 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.