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Hypericum hircinum

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID64402156df248902978124
Scientific name Hypericum hircinum
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 784 (1753)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products: none documented for this taxon.
Industrial and craft applications: none documented for this taxon.
Food and beverages (non-medicinal): none documented for this taxon.
Colorants and tanning: none documented for this taxon.
Wood and fiber: none documented for this taxon.
Fragrance and cosmetics: none documented for this taxon.
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Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Androsaemum foetidum Spach ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. 3: 589 (1828)
Androsaemum hircinum (L.) Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 5: 419 (1836)
Hypericum hircinum var. minus Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 105. 1789
Hypericum hircinum var. obtusifolium Choisy Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1: 544. 1824
Hypericum hircinum var. pumilum P.Watson Dendrol. Brit. 2: t. 87. 1825
Hypericum hircinum subsp. obtusifolium (Choisy) Sauvage Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 38: 127. 1958 (1958)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English stinking tutsan
English goat st john's wort
Arabic عرن ماعزي
Arabic أزرار
co pericu
co arba bicchina
co bicchinella
co erba bicchina
Czech třezalka kozlí
Welsh dail-y-beiblau drewllyd
Danish stinkende perikon
German bocks-johanniskraut
Basque aker-belar
Russian Зверобой козлиный
Swedish lukthyperikum

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name Authority First published in
Hypericum hircinum subsp. albimontanum (Greuter) N.Robson Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12: 313 (1985)
Hypericum hircinum subsp. cambessedesii (Coss. ex Barceló) Sauvage Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 38: 127 (1958)
Hypericum hircinum subsp. hircinum Unknown
Hypericum hircinum subsp. majus (Aiton) N.Robson Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 12: 310 (1985)
Hypericum hircinum subsp. metroi (Maire & Sauvage) Sauvage Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 38: 127 (1958)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000727735
USDA Plants HYHI6
Tropicos 7800914
INPN 103286
Flora of Italy 1228
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:433491-1
The Plant List kew-2858242
Open Tree Of Life 295787
Observations.org 128037
NCBI Taxonomy 673927
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002955
IPNI 433491-1
iNaturalist 335678
GBIF 6436603
EPPO HYPHI
EOL 5707663
USDA GRIN 19571
Wikipedia Hypericum_hircinum

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_965233335.1 ddHypHirc1.hap1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2025-04-03 34 402.26 Mb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The Greuter Herbarium in Palermo: An Inventory of Its Type Specimens Available Online, with Some Thoughts on Type Terminology (Occasional Papers from the Herbarium Greuter, N° 5) Greuter W Plants (Basel) 12-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11053905
doi:10.3390/plants13081086
PMID:38674494
Comparison of Biological Activities and Protective Effects on PAH-Induced Oxidative Damage of Different Coffee Cherry Pulp Extracts Preedalikit W, Chittasupho C, Leelapornpisid P, Potprommanee S, Kiattisin K Foods 28-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10705964
doi:10.3390/foods12234292
PMID:38231740
Potential Implications of Hyperoside on Oxidative Stress-Induced Human Diseases: A Comprehensive Review Wang K, Zhang H, Yuan L, Li X, Cai Y J Inflamm Res 13-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10581022
doi:10.2147/JIR.S418222
PMID:37854313
Mechanistic prospective and pharmacological attributes of quercetin in attenuation of different types of arthritis Bhoi A, Dwivedi SD, Singh D, Keshavkant S, Singh MR 3 Biotech 12-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10570262
doi:10.1007/s13205-023-03787-6
PMID:37840879
Antioxidant, Wound Healing Potential and In Silico Assessment of Naringin, Eicosane and Octacosane Balachandran A, Choi SB, Beata MM, Małgorzata J, Froemming GR, Lavilla CA Jr, Billacura MP, Siyumbwa SN, Okechukwu PN Molecules 20-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9919607
doi:10.3390/molecules28031043
PMID:36770709
Quercetin: A Functional Food-Flavonoid Incredibly Attenuates Emerging and Re-Emerging Viral Infections through Immunomodulatory Actions Shorobi FM, Nisa FY, Saha S, Chowdhury MA, Srisuphanunt M, Hossain KH, Rahman MA Molecules 17-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9920550
doi:10.3390/molecules28030938
PMID:36770606
Ecological Features and Conservation of Urtica rupestris Guss. (Urticaceae): A Narrow Endemic Species of Sicily Sciandrello S, Cambria S, Giusso del Galdo G, Minissale P, Puglisi M, Tavilla G, Tomaselli V Plants (Basel) 29-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9824435
doi:10.3390/plants12010164
PMID:36616293
From Biodiversity to Musketry: Detection of Plant Diversity in Pre-Industrial Peloponnese during the Flora Graeca Expedition Chimona C, Papadopoulou S, Kolyva F, Mina M, Rhizopoulou S Life (Basel) 23-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9785030
doi:10.3390/life12121957
PMID:36556322
Plant as an Alternative Source of Antifungals against Aspergillus Infections: A Review Tan LF, Yap VL, Rajagopal M, Wiart C, Selvaraja M, Leong MY, Tan PL Plants (Basel) 08-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9697101
doi:10.3390/plants11223009
PMID:36432738
First Report on Comparative Essential Oil Profile of Stem and Leaves of Blepharispermum hirtum Oliver and Their Antidiabetic and Anticancer Effects Shah M, Al-Housni SK, Khan F, Ullah S, Al-Sabahi JN, Khan A, Al-Yahyaei BE, Al-Ruqaishi H, Rehman NU, Al-Harrasi A Metabolites 26-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9611305
doi:10.3390/metabo12100907
PMID:36295808
Cardio-Oncology: Mechanisms, Drug Combinations, and Reverse Cardio-Oncology Liang Z, He Y, Hu X Int J Mol Sci 13-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9501315
doi:10.3390/ijms231810617
PMID:36142538
Natural Products Inhibitors of Monoamine Oxidases—Potential New Drug Leads for Neuroprotection, Neurological Disorders, and Neuroblastoma Chaurasiya ND, Leon F, Muhammad I, Tekwani BL Molecules 04-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9268457
doi:10.3390/molecules27134297
PMID:35807542
The Plant Communities of the Class Isoëto-Nanojuncetea in Sicily Brullo S, Brullo C, Sciandrello S, Tavilla G, Cambria S, Tomaselli V, Ilardi V, Giusso del Galdo G, Minissale P Plants (Basel) 29-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9104982
doi:10.3390/plants11091214
PMID:35567216
Genomic and Metabolomic Insights into Secondary Metabolites of the Novel Bacillus halotolerans Hil4, an Endophyte with Promising Antagonistic Activity against Gray Mold and Plant Growth Promoting Potential Thomloudi EE, Tsalgatidou PC, Baira E, Papadimitriou K, Venieraki A, Katinakis P Microorganisms 03-Dec-2021
PMCID:PMC8704346
doi:10.3390/microorganisms9122508
PMID:34946110
A review of alpha-glucosidase inhibitors from plants as potential candidates for the treatment of type-2 diabetes Dirir AM, Daou M, Yousef AF, Yousef LF Phytochem Rev 16-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8364835
doi:10.1007/s11101-021-09773-1
PMID:34421444

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Hydrocarbons / Saturated hydrocarbons / Alkanes
Nonane 8141 Click to see 128.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2000.9712171
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids
(+-)-alpha-Pinene 6654 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2000.9712171
Beta-Pinene 14896 Click to see 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2000.9712171
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
Limonene, (+/-)- 22311 Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)C 136.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2000.9712171
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
4,12,12-Trimethyl-9-methylene-5-oxatricyclo(8.2.0.04,6)dodecane 14350 Click to see 220.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2000.9712171
Caryophyllene oxide 1742210 Click to see 220.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2000.9712171
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Aromadendrane sesquiterpenoids / 5,10-cycloaromadendrane sesquiterpenoids
(-)-alpha-Gurjunene 15560276 Click to see 204.35 unknown https://doi.org/10.1080/10412905.2000.9712171
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Alcohols and polyols / Cyclitols and derivatives / Quinic acids and derivatives
3-O-Caffeoylquinic acid methyl ester 6476139 Click to see 368.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0367-326X(00)00189-1
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Benzopyrans / 1-benzopyrans / Xanthones
Mangiferin 5281647 Click to see C1=C2C(=CC(=C1O)O)OC3=C(C2=O)C(=C(C(=C3)O)C4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O 422.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0367-326X(00)00189-1
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavans / Flavanones
Eriodictyol 440735 Click to see C1C(OC2=CC(=CC(=C2C1=O)O)O)C3=CC(=C(C=C3)O)O 288.25 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP060015W
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Quercetin 5280343 Click to see 302.23 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP060015W
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0367-326X(00)00189-1

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