Hypericum japonicum Thunb. ex murray: Phytochemistry, pharmacology, quality control and pharmacokinetics of an important herbal medicine

Molecules

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 10733-10754

  Liu, Lin Sheng ^a   Liu, Meng Hua ^b   He, Jing Yu ^c  

^a Foshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hypericum japonicum; Pharmacokinetics; Pharmacology; Phytochemistry; Quality control

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERICUM; MEDICINAL PLANT; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84906696344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules190810733     Document Type: Review

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