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In [[complementary and alternative medicine]], '''hypericum''', also called '''St John's wort''' may have medicinal purposes. | |||
==Pharmacology== | ==Pharmacology== | ||
Revision as of 09:32, 15 November 2010
In complementary and alternative medicine, hypericum, also called St John's wort may have medicinal purposes.
Pharmacology
A component of hypericum, hyperforin, may act as a serotonin uptake inhibitor.[1]
Clinical purposes
Hypericum may help treat mild depression.[2]
References
- ↑ Schulte-Löbbert S, Holoubek G, Müller WE, Schubert-Zsilavecz M, Wurglics M (2004). "Comparison of the synaptosomal uptake inhibition of serotonin by St John's wort products.". J Pharm Pharmacol 56 (6): 813-8. DOI:10.1211/0022357023493. PMID 15231048. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Geddes J, Butler R, Hatcher S, Cipriani A, Price J, Carney S et al. (2006). "Depression in adults.". Clin Evid (15): 1366-406. PMID 16973054. [e]