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Common Names
European Nettle; Stinging Nettle
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Antonopoulou, S., Demopoulos, C. A., Andrikopoulos, N. K. 1996. Lipid separation from Urtica doica: Existence of platelet-activating factor. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 44(10): 3052-3056. |
| PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PHOSPHORIC-ACID | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 894.0 | 4470.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PINORESIONOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| POLYSACCHARIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PORPHYRINS | 0 | Leaf | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 3500.0 | 17500.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Root | not available | 11320.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | not available | 12190.0 | -0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Leaf | 50400.0 | 252000.0 | 0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 155000.0 | 201000.0 | -0.29 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PROTOPORPHYRIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUINIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigrey | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihelicobacter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |