hypericin

hypericin
hy·per·i·cin (hī-pĕrʹĭ-sĭn) n.
A drug, C30H16O8, produced synthetically or as an extract of Saint John's wort and used as an antidepressant and antiviral agent.
  [Latin hyperīcum, Saint John's wort (from Greek huperīkon, hupereikos: hup-, hupo-, under; see hypo- + ereikē, heath) + -in.]

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