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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETAINE | 14 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| BETAINE | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BORON | 4 | Leaf | 6.0 | 47.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BROMINE | 0 | Leaf | 20.0 | 110.0 | 1.49 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.84 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID-MALATE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | 300.0 | 16000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 5800.0 | 29000.0 | 0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind) |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | not available | 396000.0 | -1.72 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CARBONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAROTENOIDS | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | 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. |
| 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 * |