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Plant 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.
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
RUTIN 87 Flower 1000.0 2800.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Leaf 2000.0 3000.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available 16000.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Shoot not available 10000.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SAPONIN 0 Seed 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.
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELINA-4,11-DIENE 0 Plant 0.2 2.7 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL 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.
STEARIC-ACID 8 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.
TANNINS 0 Flower not available 162000.0 -1.41 Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Leaf not available 124000.0 0.38 Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Plant 30000.0 160000.0 0.63 Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Seed not available 121000.0 1.41 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.
TANNINS 0 Shoot not available 3300.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS 0 Stem not available 38000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TARAXASTEROL 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant 0.5 9.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOLENE 0 Plant 1.5 27.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TETRACOSAN-1-OL 0 Leaf not available not available 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
Transdermal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Singleton, V.L. 1981. Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants: Phenolic Substances of Plant Origin Common in Foods. Advances in Food Research 27: 149-217.
Trichomonicide 4 Duke, 1992 *
Tumor-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterosedative 2 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasoconstrictor 1 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator 9 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).