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
Fungicide	26	Tomas-Barberan, F., Iniesta-Sanmartin, E., Tomas-Lorente, F., and Rumbero, A. 1989. Antimicrobial Phenolic Compounds From Three Spanish Helichrysum Species. Phytochemistry. 29(4): 1093-1095. 1990.
Fungiphilic	1	J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat	3	Duke, 1992 *
GABA-nergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gastroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Goitrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	2	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	2	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	18	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hepatotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic	3	Duke, 1992 *