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
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIAPIGENIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BICYCLOELEMENE	0	Plant	0.1	1.8	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Plant	0.2	2.7	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Plant	0.2	3.6	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
BRENZCATECHIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINENE	4	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CADMIUM	3	Leaf	1.0	7.0	1.86	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Plant	1.0	5.0	1.71	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Root	1.0	3.0	2.17	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	1000.0	-0.93	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Shoot	not available	1000.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Plant	1.0	18.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE	0	Seed	not available	165.0	1.00	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.
CAROTENOIDS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Plant	26.0	468.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE	6	Plant	0.5	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHINS	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.