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
PSEUDOHYPERICIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOHYPERICIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOHYPERICIN	2	Shoot	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOHYPERICODIHYDROANTHRONE	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.
PYROGALLOL	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	1000.0	0.94	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	20000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCURONIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-XYLOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-XYLOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Flower	not available	3380.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Shoot	3000.0	5240.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
RESORCYNOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHODAN	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.

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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
Antitumor (Pancreas)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Thyroid)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	10	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitumor-Promoter?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	21	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	36	Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle	2	Martindale's 28th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	3	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.
Aphidifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	2	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.