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
6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE	0	Plant	1.0	18.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYLHEPTAN-2,4-DIONE	0	Plant	0.3	4.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Plant	0.1	2.3	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ACYLPHLOROGLUCINOLS	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.
ADHYPERFOLIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADHYPERFOLIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADHYPERIFORIN	0	Plant	2000.0	19000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKANES	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKANOLS	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMORPHENE	0	Plant	0.3	4.5	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CAMPHOLENOL	0	Plant	0.1	0.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUPRENENE	0	Plant	16.0	288.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-EUDESMOL	0	Plant	2.5	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Plant	1.0	18.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Plant	0.3	5.4	-1.13	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	13.0	245.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Plant	1.0	18.0	-0.59	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
Convulsant	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Decalcifier	1	Merck 11th Edition
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	3	Merck 11th Edition
Dermal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic	1	Duke, 1992 *