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The effects of Hypericumperforatum on nerve regeneration after sciatic nerve injury have not yet been evaluated in all its aspects yet. In this experimental study, the effect of Hypericumperforatum on injured nerve tissue was histologically and biochemically investigated. Motor functional healing was surveyed by gait analysis. Rats were divided into 3 groups: Group I (n=8) was intact control group and no intervention and treatment was applied to this group. Group II (n=16) was surgical control group and Group III (n=16) was Hypericumperforatum group. After the operation, while any treatment was performed on Group II, 30 mg/kg dose Hypericumperforatum extract was intraperitoneally administered to the Group III per day for 8 weeks from the 1. st. day of post-op. Gait analysis was made to all rats for functional evaluation at 2. nd. , 3. rd. , 4. th. , 6. th. and 8. th. weeks, and sciatic functional index (SFI) was evaluated. At the end of the eighth week, sciatic nerve tissue samples were taken from the sacrificed rats. Tissues were examined biochemically, histologically and immnohistochemically. Malondialdehyde (MDA) as an indicator of oxidative stress and main antioxidant enzyme [superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and catalase (CAT)] levels were biochemically measured. The nerve degeneration and regeneration were histologically viewed, and also cell count was immnohistochemically done by having done anti-S100 staining. It was seen that measurement results of SFI were statistically significantly difference between groups (p<0,001). In the sciatic nerve tissue samples taken from the rats, it was not determined a statistically significant difference between MDA, SOD, GPx and CAT levels detected by ELISA method (p>0,05). In the histological evaluation, it was seen that Hypericumperforatum affected positively the regeneration and immunohistochemically, it was found a statistically significant difference between the anti-S-100 positive cell numbers. The obtained results in this study show that; Hypericumperforatum, which was intraperitoneally administered on rats subjected to nerve injury, has affected positively the nerve regeneration and it can also provide an insight to future studies