| Family |
Hypericaceae (alt. Guttiferae) |
| Scientific name |
Hypericum erectum Thunberg |
| Synonyms |
Hypericum dielsii H. Léveillé & Vaniot ex H. Léveillé; Hypericum erectum
Thunberg forma angustifolium (Y. Kimura) Y. Kimura; Hypericum erectum Thunberg
forma debile R. Keller; Hypericum erectum Thunberg forma lutchuense (Koidzumi)
Y. Kimura; Hypericum erectum Thunberg forma papillosum (Y. Kimura) Y. Kimura;
Hypericum erectum Thunberg forma takeutianum (Koidzumi) Y. Kimura; Hypericum
erectum Thunberg forma vaniotii (H. Léveillé) Y. Kimura; Hypericum erectum
Thunberg subsp. longisepalum L. H. Wu & D. P. Yang; Hypericum erectum
Thunberg var. angustifolium Y. Kimura; Hypericum erectum Thunberg var.
wichurae R. Keller; Hypericum matsumurae H. Léveillé; Hypericum otaruense
R. Keller; Hypericum penthorodes Koidzumi; Hypericum taisanense Hayata |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) otogiri-sou (オトギリソウ, 弟切草 [meaning: otogiri weed
(otogiri = Hypericum weeds; original Japanese meaning is murderer of younger
brother)]) |
| (English common name) upright St. John's wort |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Russia (Sakhalin), Korea, China |
| Habitat |
Field, swamp |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=16 |
| Description |
Plants electing 20-60cm tall. Leaves 2-6cm long, 7-20mm wide. Flowers yellow
petals each 8-10mm long, flowering in July to August. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Hypericum erectum Thunb. |
| Hypericum erectum Thunberg |
| Agent containing an ellagic acid series compound for external application and use thereof (US Patent 5073545/1991) |
| Vasodilating agent (US Patent 5288485/1994) |
| Vasodilating agent (US Patent 5433957/1995) |
| Scalp and hair care product and process of preparing same (US Patent 5665342/1997) |
| Flavanonol derivatives and hair-nourishing, hair growing compositions containing the derivatives (US Patent 5702691/1997) |
| Polymers containing antimicrobial agents and methods for making and using same (US Patent 5906825/1999) |
| Flavanonol derivatives and hair-nourishing, hair-growing compositions containing the derivatives (US Patent 5876703/1999) |
| Cosmetic composition (US Patent 6077520/2000) |
| Sustained release hair growth composition (US Patent 6255313/2001) |
| Beauty-treatment method (US Patent 6269817/2001) |
| Compositions for oral cavity (US Patent 6475470/2002) |
| Skin preparations for external use (US Patent 6607736/2003) |
| Skin-beautifying agent, anti-aging agent for the skin, whitening agent and external agent for the skin (US Patent 6682763/2004) |
| Deodorants (US Patent 6780403/2004) |
| Oral composition, method of making the oral composition and oral hygiene method in japanese and chinese herbal remedy (US Patent 6811769/2004) |
| Steam generator (US Patent 7074234/2006) |
| Sugar beet genes involved in stress tolerance (US Patent 7227053/2007) |
| Gene and uses therefor to modify pasture qualities of crops (US Patent 7244599/2007) |
| Method for modifying plant morphology, biochemistry and physiology (US Patent 7259296/2007) |
