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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
EO 0 Shoot 700.0 1250.0 -0.84 *
EPICATECHIN 40 Plant *
FAT 0 Seed 328000.0 0.33 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FENCHOL 0 Plant 0.3 4.5 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Flower 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 *
GABA 22 Plant 700.0 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Plant *
GAMMA-CURCUMENE 0 Plant 0.5 9.0 *
GAMMA-EUDESMOL 0 Plant 1.5 27.0 -1.00 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Plant 1.5 27.0 -0.52 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Plant *
GERANIAL 13 Plant 0.4 6.3 -0.84 *
GERANIOL 35 Plant 4.0 72.0 -0.44 *
GERANYL-ACETATE 5 Plant 24.0 432.0 -0.05 *
GLUTAMINE 5 Plant *
GUAIOL 3 Plant 1.5 27.0 -1.00 *
GURJUNENE 0 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
HEXACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Spasmolytic 1 *
Spermicide 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Styptic 1 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen 7 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
T-Cell-Stimulant 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Teratologic 2 *
Termiticide 2 *
Termitifuge 3 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer 1 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 1 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 5 *
Tonic 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 5 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 5 *
Toxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.