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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
THREONINE 4 Plant *
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Leaf *
TROLLICHROME 0 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant *
UNDECANE 0 Plant 0.3 4.5 1.68 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 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.
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Flower List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
XANTHONES 6 Plant 12.8 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ileorelaxant 1 *
Immunomodulator 5 *
Immunostimulant 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124.
Immunosuppressant 3 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 3 *
Inotropic 2 *
Insect-Repellent 1 *
Insecticide 7 *
Insectifuge 18 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 7 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Insulinotonic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-1-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Interleukin-6-mRNA-Inhibitor 1 *