Hypericin
Discontinued Product
Chemical Name: 1,3,4,6,8,13-Hexahydroxy-10,11-dimethylphenanthro[1,10,9,8-opqra]perylene-7,14-dione
Purity: ≥98%
Biological Activity
Photosensitive antiviral, anticancer and antidepressant agent derived from Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort). Inactivates enveloped viruses (including HIV), inhibits tyrosine kinases (IC50 = 7.5 μM) and is preferentially cytotoxic to tumor cells upon stimulation by visible light.Technical Data
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Tocris products are intended for laboratory research use only, unless stated otherwise.
Background References
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Hypericin in cancer treatment: more light on the way.
Agostinis et al.
Int.J.Biochem.Cell Biol., 2002;34:221 -
Photodynamic inactivation of infectivity of human immunodeficiency virus and other enveloped viruses using hypericin and rose bengal: inhibition of fusion and syncytia formation.
Lenard et al.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A., 1993;90:158 -
Inhibition of c-erbB-2 expression and activity in human ovarian carcinoma cells by hypericin.
Hwang et al.
Anticancer Res., 2001;21:2649
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Citation for Hypericin
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Concomitant SK current activation and sodium current inhibition cause J wave syndrome.
Authors: Chen Et al.
JCI Insight 2018;3
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