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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
RUTIN 87 Flower 1000.0 2800.0 -0.72 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 2000.0 3000.0 -0.82 *
RUTIN 87 Plant 16000.0 -0.44 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot 10000.0 0.17 *
RUTIN 87 Stem *
SAPONIN 0 Seed 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.
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant *
SELINA-4,11-DIENE 0 Plant 0.2 2.7 -1.00 *
SITOSTEROL 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNINS 0 Flower 162000.0 -1.41 *
TANNINS 0 Leaf 124000.0 0.38 *
TANNINS 0 Plant 30000.0 160000.0 0.63 *
TANNINS 0 Seed 121000.0 1.41 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.
TANNINS 0 Shoot 3300.0 -1.00 *
TANNINS 0 Stem 38000.0 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Shoot *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant 0.5 9.0 -0.28 *
TERPINEOLENE 0 Plant 1.5 27.0 1.00 *
TETRACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
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 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 5 *
Culicide 1 *
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 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
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 *
Decalcifier 1 Merck 11th Edition
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 1 *
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 *
Diaphoretic 1 *