Plant Boehmeria nivea (Urticaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ramie

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
FIBER	15	Leaf	24000.0	184615.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Shoot	119000.0	259000.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	16.0	123.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Plant	1500.0	3500.0	3.38	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	380.0	2923.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNIN	13	Stem	not available	14600.0	-1.56	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	80.0	140.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	7.0	54.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Shoot	not available	67.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	450.0	3460.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	270.0	700.0	-1.39	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	1400.0	2400.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSCION-8-BETA-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	1100.0	1300.0	-1.43	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	33000.0	253850.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Shoot	219000.0	301000.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Insulin-Sparing	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Juvabional	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic	1	Martindale's 29th
Larvistat	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	4	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leucocytogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	1	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
MMP-2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-7-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th