mwfolsom%hydra.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Mike Folsom) (05/23/91)
After reading the Aids Treatment News I was wondering about the drug Hypericin. Does anyone know what what species of St. John's wort is used to isolate the drug? St. John's wort is the common name for lots of species in the genus //Hypericum//. I was thinking that there probably is some variability within the different species of that genus in the ability to produce the "raw compound" from which the drug is extracted. Also I'm curious which part(s) of the plant are used in the process? Anyway - just wondering. I remember collecting the plant in a couple of different places and its nice to think that it could possibly do some good for AIDS patients. Thanks - Michael -- Michael W. Folsom (mwfolsom@unmvm) -or- (mwfolsom@unmvm.unm.edu) Dept. of Biology // UNM (mwfolsom@hydra.unm.edu) Albuquerque, NM 87131 505-277-3859 office -or- 505-277-3505 lab *******************************************************************************