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
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.

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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
Antisalmonella	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antischizophrenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiseptic	24	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiserotonin	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antisinusitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	28	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispastic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antistaphylococcic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisunburn	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.