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PHYTOCHEMISTRY
Volume 56, Issue 5, Pages 437-441Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(00)00411-8
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Hypericum perforatum; clusiaceae; St.John's Wort; hypericin; pseudohypericin; seasonal variation; soxhlet extraction; UV-Vis spectrometry; toxicity; pasture
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Hypericin and pseudohypericin, bioactive constituents in St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum), have been determined in the soft tops of the plant that are most likely to be browsed by foraging livestock. In two consecutive seasons, the hypericin/pseudohypericin concentration in a broad leaf biotype varied from a winter minimum of less than 100 ppm to a summer maximum approaching 3000 ppm. In contrast the narrow leaf biotype increased from similar winter values to summer maxima approaching 5000 ppm. The latter biotype was slower in returning to low levels of hypericin/pseudohypericin. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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