Variation in quantitative yield and hypericin content of St. John's wort., Hypericum perforatum L.

• Main Authors: H Naghdi Badi (Author), SA Ziai (Author), MH Mirjalili (Author), M Ahvazi (Author), F Khalighi Sigaroodi (Author), B Habibi Khaniani (Author), A Farahani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Institue of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, 2004-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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St John's wort, Hypericum Perforatum L. (Culsiaceae) is an important medicinal plant, which has different bioactive constituents and hypericin (a naphtodianthrone) is one of this compounds. Hypericin has many pharmacological effects such as antidepressant, antiviral and antibacterial, which cau...