hypericum
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hypericum
C16: via Latin from Greek hupereikon, from hyper- + ereikē heath
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Like all plants, hypericum contains a wide variety of compounds, including one that is known to cause sun sensitivity.
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Millions of people have taken, or are now taking, hypericum," observes Jerry Cott, a Maryland-based pharmacologist, "and none of the side effects reported have been anything like those we've seen with drugs like Prozac.
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"We are stunned and pleased," says Karl-Heinz Siewert, managing director of Lichtwer Pharma, a Berlin-based company that markets hypericum under the brands Kira and Jarsin.
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Many of these trials indicated that patients on hypericum showed more improvement than patients treated with placebos.
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Polyadelphia: stamens united into three or more bundles; as in hypericum and cistus.
From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William
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