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
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PECTIN	24	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.
PERFLAVIT	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL	26	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOBAPHENE	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.
PHLOROGLUCINOL	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHLOROGLUCINOL	8	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	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.
PINENE	12	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PINOL	0	Plant	0.1	0.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROANTHOCYANIDINS	34	Plant	not available	120000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDINS	27	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
PROLINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	181000.0	207000.0	-0.24	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOHYPERICIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPSEUDOHYPERICIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROVITAMIN-A	0	Plant	not available	130.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PSEUDOHYPERICIN	2	Cotyledon	not available	164.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOHYPERICIN	2	Flower	2260.0	5800.0	not available	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
Metal-Chelator	3	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	2	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	8	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neurogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *