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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
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 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.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PECTIN 24 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PERFLAVIT 0 Shoot *
PHENOL 26 Plant *
PHLOBAPHENE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PHLOROGLUCINOL 8 Plant *
PHLOROGLUCINOL 8 Shoot *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PINENE 12 Essential Oil *
PINOL 0 Plant 0.1 0.9 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS 34 Plant 120000.0 *
PROCYANIDINS 27 Plant Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PROLINE 0 Plant *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 181000.0 207000.0 -0.24 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOHYPERICIN 0 Plant *
PROTOPSEUDOHYPERICIN 0 Plant *
PROVITAMIN-A 0 Plant 130.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PSEUDOHYPERICIN 2 Cotyledon 164.9 *
PSEUDOHYPERICIN 2 Flower 2260.0 5800.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 2 *
Diuretic 15 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 *
Dye 3 Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic 1 *
Elastase-Inhibitor 2 *
Embryotoxic 1 *
Emetic 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Enterocontractant 2 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Essential 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 6 *
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 7 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Flatugenic 1 Martindale's 29th
FLavor 26 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Floral-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.