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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant 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 *
BIAPIGENIN 0 Leaf *
BICYCLOELEMENE 0 Plant 0.1 1.8 -1.00 *
BORNEOL 35 Plant 0.2 2.7 -0.67 *
BORNYL-ACETATE 12 Plant 0.2 3.6 -0.47 *
BRENZCATECHIN 0 Plant *
CADINENE 4 Essential Oil 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 *
CADMIUM 3 Plant 1.0 5.0 1.71 *
CADMIUM 3 Root 1.0 3.0 2.17 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant 1000.0 -0.93 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Shoot 1000.0 -0.30 *
CAMPHENE 9 Plant 1.0 18.0 -0.58 *
CAROTENE 0 Seed 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 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Essential Oil *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Plant 26.0 468.0 0.04 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE 6 Plant 0.5 9.0 *
CATECHINS 1 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiallergenic 2 (View) Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 10 (View) *
Antialopecic 2 (View) *
Antialzheimeran 3 (View) *
Antialzheimeran? 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 7 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 2 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 1 (View) *
Antiangiogenic 3 (View) *
Antianoxic 1 (View) Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antiapoplectic 1 (View) *
Antiarrhythmic 3 (View) *
Antiarthritic 3 (View) *
Antiasthmatic 9 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 4 (View) *
Antiatheromic 1 (View) Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic 6 (View) *
Antibacillary 1 (View) *
Antibacterial 51 (View) Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibiotic 4 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.