Background Emerging studies indicate that hypericin has diverse pharmacological actions
and exhibits potential for treatment of various types of cancer. Purpose The current review …

Hypericin can be derived from St. John's wort, which is widely spread around the world. As a
natural product, it has been put into clinical practice such as wound healing and depression …

Hypericum perforatum Linn (St. John's wort) is a popular and widespread medicine in Syria,
which is used for a wide range of conditions, including gastrointestinal diseases, heart …

Phenolic compounds are a large, heterogeneous group of secondary metabolites found in
various plants and herbal substances. From the perspective of dermatology, the most …

Abstract Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCMs) have been used for centuries for the
treatment and management of various diseases. However, their effective delivery to targeted …

In recent years, globalization has stimulated the growth of the food processing industry to
meet the daily demand for a variety of food products. In this context, there has been a …

The aim of this study was to explore the potential of hypericin, a naturally occurring
photosensi-tizer, for photodynamic therapy (PDT) in skin cancer, investigating its phototoxic …

Natural photosensitizers (PS) are compounds derived from nature, with photodynamic
properties. Natural PSs have a similar action to that of commercial PSs, where cancer cell …

Hypericum perforatum L., also known as St. John's Wort, is recognized worldwide as a
valuable medicinal herb; however, other Hypericum species were intensively studied for …

Hypericin has shown promising potential for the prevention and treatment of cancer. Here
we report facile strategy for the separation and purification of natural products from the …