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
RUTIN	87	Flower	1000.0	2800.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Leaf	2000.0	3000.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	not available	16000.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Shoot	not available	10000.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELINA-4,11-DIENE	0	Plant	0.2	2.7	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TANNINS	0	Flower	not available	162000.0	-1.41	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Leaf	not available	124000.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Plant	30000.0	160000.0	0.63	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Seed	not available	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	not available	3300.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Stem	not available	38000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL	2	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Plant	0.5	9.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOLENE	0	Plant	1.5	27.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TETRACOSAN-1-OL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *