The Hypericum perforatum plant is a tall, upright plant with bright-yellow flowers. Native to Europe, Asia and Africa, it was introduced into Australia in the 1880s. Today, farmers are harvesting ...

Use of Hypericum perforatum L., commonly known as St. John's wort, has increased recently due to the pharmaceutical potential of hypericin, found in its leaves. Hypericin has been reported to effect a ...

With this is mind, a plant well known for its antidepressant effects, St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum), was chosen for an in vivo test using a model of Parkinson's disease with rotenone.

Scientists from Germany have recently identified Hypericum perforatum, a widespread herbal plant known as St. John's wort, as a potential antiviral agent against severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

H. perforatum is believed to attenuate nicotine withdrawal by reducing brain serotonin levels and by stimulating the increased synthesis of nitric oxide, a neurotransmitter that may also play a ...