HPE, Spotted St. John’s Wort, Hypericum, Klamath Weed, Goat Weed, Touch-and-heal, Rosin Rose
Benefits
Antiviral
Antitumor
Antidepressant
Antibacterial
Wound-healing
Antiinflammatory
St. John's wort (SJW)(Hypericum perforatum) is a medicinal herb which contains hypericin, the major neuroactive component of the plant. It has been used as a herbal remedy for a number of conditions since the ancient Greeks. Specific applications studied in poultry include:
Immune enhancement and Antiviral: St. John's wort extract (HPE) has demonstrated significant therapeutic efficacy and improvement of immunologic functions for chickens infected experimentally with infectious bursal disease virus.
Wound healing: St. John's wort extract exhibited a wound-healing activity whose mechanism of action is similar to that of Centella asiatica (TECA).
