botanical record · discovered
Common St. Johnswort
Hypericum perforatum
Common St. Johnswort · Hypericum · Klamath Weed · St. John's-wort · Goatweed · Adi dazı · Beathnua · Biłhaazhch’ih · Blutkraut · Bogorodična trava · Candoll · Cantwll · Common St. John's Wort · Divšķautņu asinszāle · Dziurawiec zwyczajny · Echtes Johanniskraut · Erba de Santu Giuanni
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, Poland, India, US(NC), Spain, UK, US
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abortifacient, Alopecia, Anodyne, Antibiotic
Science studied: ASCORBIC-ACID, BRENZCATECHIN, CADINENE, CADMIUM
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Clusiaceae
Scientific name: Hypericum perforatum
Common names: Common St. Johnswort, Hypericum, Klamath Weed, St. John's-wort, Goatweed, Adi dazı, Beathnua, Biłhaazhch’ih, Blutkraut, Bogorodična trava, Candoll, Cantwll, Common St. John's Wort, Divšķautņu asinszāle, Dziurawiec zwyczajny, Echtes Johanniskraut, Erba de Santu Giuanni
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Turkey, Poland, India, US(NC), Spain, UK, US.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abortifacient
- Alopecia
- Anodyne
- Antibiotic
- Antiseptic
- Astringent
- Bactericide
- Cancer(Stomach)
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- Diuretic
- Emmenagogue
- Expectorant
- Gastrointestinal
- Lung
- Nervine
- Poison
- Resolvent
- Rheumatism
- Sore
- Stimulant
- Tumor
- Urogenital
- Uterotonic
- Vermicide
- Vermifuge
- Vulnerary
- Wound
- Depression
- Phototoxic
- Catarrh
- Cholagogue
- Diarrhea
- Lumbago
- Sunburn
- Swelling
- Digestive
- Kidney
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Turkey
- Poland
- India
- US(NC)
- Spain
- UK
- US
Documented cultural uses
- Abortifacient
- Alopecia
- Anodyne
- Antibiotic
- Antiseptic
- Astringent
- Bactericide
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Diuretic
- Emmenagogue
- Expectorant
- Gastrointestinal
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- Lung
- Nervine
- Poison
- Resolvent
- Rheumatism
- Sore
- Stimulant
- Tumor
- Urogenital
- Uterotonic
- Vermicide
- Vermifuge
- Vulnerary
- Wound
- Depression
- Phototoxic
- Catarrh
- Cholagogue
- Diarrhea
- Lumbago
- Sunburn
- Swelling
- Digestive
- Kidney
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- The effect of intraperitoneal St. John's Wort oil (Hypericum perforatum) in an experimental peritonitis model. · 2026 source ↗
- EXPRESSION OF CONCERN: Renoprotective Effect of Hypericum Perforatum against Diabetic Nephropathy in Rats: Insights in the Underlying Mechanisms. · 2026 source ↗
- Auxin is metabolized through kynurenine in <i>Hypericum perforatum</i> L · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BRENZCATECHIN
- CADINENE
- CADMIUM
- CAROTENE
- CERYL-ALCOHOL
- (+)-EPICATECHIN
- FAT
- GURJUNENE
- HYPERICINS
- IMANIN
- ISOHYPERICIN
- LEAD
- LUTEIN
- LUTEOXANTHIN
- MYRCENE
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- N-NONANE
- NOVOIMANIN
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PECTIN
- PHLOBAPHENE
- PHLOROGLUCINOL
- PINENE
- PROVITAMIN-A
- PSEUDOHYPERICODIHYDROANTHRONE
- SAPONIN
- STEARIC-ACID
- VIOLAXANTHIN
- CHLOROPHYLL
- CHOLINE
- EMODINANTHRANOL
- RESORCYNOL
- SITOSTEROL
- TANNINS
- CIS-TROLLIXANTHIN
- CAROTENOIDS
- CINEOLE
- EO
- ISOVALERIC-ACID-ESTER
- MANNITOL
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- N-OCTANOL
- PHENOL
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- TROLLICHROME
- HYPERICODIHYDROANTHRONE
- FLAVONOIDS
- ADHYPERFOLIN
- ALKANES
- ALKANOLS
- AMENTOFLAVONE
- BETA-AMYRIN
- 1(3)-11(8)-BIAPIGENIN
- BIAPIGENIN
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- BETA-CAROTENE
- (+)-CATECHIN
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CYCLOPSEUDOHYPERICIN
- CYSTEINE
- N-DECANAL
- 2-METHYL-DECANE
- GALLIC-ACID
- GLUTAMINE
- HEXACOSAN-1-OL
- HUMULENE
- HYPERFORIN
- HYPERICIN
- PROTOPSEUDOHYPERICIN
- PROTOHYPERICIN
- PSEUDOHYPERICIN
- HYPEROSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL
- KIELCORIN
- LEUCINE
- LYSINE
- MANGIFERIN
- MYRICETIN
- MYRICETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- NICOTINIC-ACID
- OCTACOSAN-1-OL
- N-OCTANAL
- 2-METHYL-OCTANE
- ORNITHINE
- PERFLAVIT
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- PROLINE
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCURONIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-XYLOSIDE
- ISOQUERCITIN
- QUERCITRIN
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- RUTIN
- SCOPOLETIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- TARAXASTEROL
- TETRACOSAN-1-OL
- THREONINE
- TRIACONTAN-1-OL
- UMBELLIFERONE
- N-UNDECANE
- 1,3,6,7-TETRAHYDROXYXANTHONE
- ACETOPHENONE
- ACYLPHLOROGLUCINOLS
- ADHYPERIFORIN
- ALPHA-AMORPHENE
- BICYCLOELEMENE
- BETA-BOURBONENE
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- DELTA-CADINENE
- ALPHA-CAMPHOLENOL
- CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE
- CATECHINS
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- 2,2-DIMETHYL-7-SEC-BUTYL-2H,5H-PYRANO-(4,3-B)-PYRAN-5-ONE
- 2,2-DIMETHYL-7-ISOBUTYL-2H,5H-PYRANO-(4,3-B)-PYRAN-5-ONE
- ALPHA-CUPRENENE
- AR-CURCUMENE
- BETA-ELEMENE
- CYANIDIN
- GAMMA-CURCUMENE
- P-CYMENE
- ALPHA-EUDESMOL
- BETA-EUDESMOL
- GAMMA-EUDESMOL
- (E)-BETA-FARNESENE
- FENCHOL
- FERULIC-ACID
- GABA
- GENTISIC-ACID
- GERANIAL
- GERANIOL
- GERANYL-ACETATE
- GUAIOL
- ALPHA-HUMULENE
- HYPERESIN-1
- HYPERESIN-2
- HYPERIN
- ISHWARANE
- ISOFERULIC-ACID
- KILECORIN
- LEUCOCYANIDIN
- 2-METHYL-BUTENOL
- 5-METHYLHEPTAN-2,4-DIONE
- 6-METHYLHEPTAN-2,4-DIONE
- 6-METHYL-HEPT-5-EN-2-ONE
- METHYL-2-OCTANE
- METHYL-GERANATE
- NEO-ALLOOCIMENE
- NERAL
- NEROL
- NERYL-ACETATE
- NONANE
- OCT-1-ENE
- NONACOSANE
- NOR-CYCLOPSEUDOHYPERICIN
- (Z)-OCIMENE
- (E)-OCIMENE
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- PINOL
- PROANTHOCYANIDINS
- PROCYANIDINS
- PROTEIN
- PYROGALLOL
- ALPHA-SELINENE
- BETA-SELINENE
- RHODAN
- SELINA-4,11-DIENE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- ALPHA-TERPINYL-ACETATE
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- TERPINEOLENE
- UNDECANE
- XANTHONES
- BORNEOL
- CAMPHENE
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- ELEMOL
- LIMONENE
- LINALOOL
- (-)-EPICATECHIN
- DODECANOL
- HYPERIFOLIN
- I3,II8-BIAPIGENIN
- ISOQUERCETIN
- ISOVALERIANIC-ACID
- LUTEOLIN
- MANGIFERIN(SIC)
- METHYL-2-DECANE
- METHYL-3-BUT-3-EN-2-OL
- OPCS
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- VANILLIC-ACID
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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