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
PSEUDOHYPERICIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOHYPERICIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOHYPERICIN	2	Shoot	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSEUDOHYPERICODIHYDROANTHRONE	0	Plant	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.
PYROGALLOL	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	1000.0	0.94	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	20000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCURONIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCURONIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-XYLOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-XYLOSIDE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Flower	not available	3380.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Shoot	3000.0	5240.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
RESORCYNOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHODAN	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.

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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 *