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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
EO	0	Shoot	700.0	1250.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
EPICATECHIN	40	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	328000.0	0.33	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FENCHOL	0	Plant	0.3	4.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS	0	Flower	not available	117100.0	1.78	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FLAVONOIDS	0	Shoot	70000.0	74000.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
GABA	22	Plant	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CURCUMENE	0	Plant	0.5	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-EUDESMOL	0	Plant	1.5	27.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Plant	1.5	27.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIAL	13	Plant	0.4	6.3	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Plant	4.0	72.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Plant	24.0	432.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIOL	3	Plant	1.5	27.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GURJUNENE	0	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.
HEXACOSAN-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
Neuroinhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nigrifacient	1	Martindale's 29th
NO-Genic	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ophthalmic-Antialkali	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	6	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Oviposition-Stimulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Oxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	3	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor	1	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *