"Hypericum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Genus of perennial plants in the family CLUSIACEAE (sometimes classified as Hypericaceae). Herbal and homeopathic preparations are used for depression, neuralgias, and a variety of other conditions. Hypericum contains flavonoids; GLYCOSIDES; mucilage, TANNINS; volatile oils (OILS, ESSENTIAL), hypericin and hyperforin.
| Descriptor ID |
D020902
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.650.940.800.575.912.250.859.625.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Hypericum perforatum- Hypericum perforatum
- Hypericum perforatums
- perforatums, Hypericum
- St. Johns Wort
- Johns Wort, St.
- Wort, St. Johns
- St. Johnswort
- Johnswort, St.
- Saint Johns Wort
- Johns Wort, Saint
- Wort, Saint Johns
- Saint Johnswort
- Johnswort, Saint
- St. John's Wort
- John's Wort, St.
- St. John Wort
- Wort, St. John's
- Saint John's Wort
- John's Wort, Saint
- Saint John Wort
- Wort, Saint John's
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hypericum" by people in Profiles.
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Bell EC, Ravis WR, Chan HM, Lin YJ. Lack of pharmacokinetic interaction between St. John's wort and prednisone. Ann Pharmacother. 2007 Nov; 41(11):1819-24.
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Uzbay IT, Coskun I, Kayir H, Ozturk N, Ozturk Y. Extract of Hypericum perforatum blocks caffeine-induced locomotor activity in mice: a possible role of nitric oxide. Phytother Res. 2007 May; 21(5):415-9.
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Bell EC, Ravis WR, Lloyd KB, Stokes TJ. Effects of St. John's wort supplementation on ibuprofen pharmacokinetics. Ann Pharmacother. 2007 Feb; 41(2):229-34.
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Coskun I, Tayfun Uzbay I, Ozturk N, Ozturk Y. Attenuation of ethanol withdrawal syndrome by extract of Hypericum perforatum in Wistar rats. Fundam Clin Pharmacol. 2006 Oct; 20(5):481-8.