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Non-scientific name:

st. john's wort

1 Accepted name(s) for "st. john's wort":

Accepted name
Hypericum perforatum L.

12 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. Flower oil, Fresh herb juice, Oil, Dry herb, Herb oil Germ, Herb, Leaf, Flower
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L.
British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. whole or cut, dried flowering tops flowering top
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. whole or cut, dried flowering tops flower
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L.
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) Hypericum perforatum Linné Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. dried flowering tops or aerial parts flowering tops or aerial parts
British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L.
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. dried flowering tops or aerial parts; gathered shortly before or during flowering flowering top, aerial parts
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. flowering top
EMA Com. Monog. (est.): Hypericum perforatum, herb. (2008) Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. herba
EMA Com. Monog. (trad.): Hypericum perforatum, herb. (2009) Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L. herba
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Hypericum perforatum Hypericum perforatum L. Hypericum perforatum L.

27 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "st. john's wort":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
chase-devil Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chase-devil st john's wort Other Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
common st johnswort Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common st. john's wort Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common st. johnswort Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
echtes johanniskraut Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
eola-weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
erba di san giovanni Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
goat-weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hyperici herba Pharmaceutical EMA Com. Monog. (est.): Hypericum perforatum, herb. (2008)
EMA Com. Monog. (trad.): Hypericum perforatum, herb. (2009)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hypericum Other British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
hypericum perforatum Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
iperico Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
johannesoert Other WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
klamath weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
klamath-weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
klamathweed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
millepertuis Other WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
millepertuis perforé Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
perforate st. john's wort Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rosin-rose Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
st john's wort Other WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
st. john's-wort Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
st. johnswort Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tipton's weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tipton's-weed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tüpfel-johanniskraut Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)