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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Urtica dioica (Urticaceae)

Common Names
European Nettle; Stinging Nettle
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SILICIC-ACID 1 Plant 3000.0 40000.0 -0.30 *
SILICON 4 Leaf 2.0 10.3 -0.38 *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Leaf *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
SITOSTEROL 0 Flower *
SITOSTEROL 0 Root *
SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 45.0 76.0 *
SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Flower *
SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf 500.0 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.
SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root *
SODIUM 1 Leaf 10.0 49.0 -0.64 *
SODIUM 1 Root 700.0 -0.19 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 660.0 0.33 *
STACHYOSE 1 Root 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.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE 1 Root *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Root 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)
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Plant *
SUCROSE 14 Root 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.
SULFUR 14 Leaf 1200.0 6665.0 0.43 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimycoplasmotic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimycotic 1 *
Antimyelotoxic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimyoatrophic 1 *
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic 1 *
Antinephritic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antineuralgic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antineuramidase 1 *
Antineurasthenic 1 *
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineuropathic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 *
Antinitrosaminic 7 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 2 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.