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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CELLULOSE | 1 | Leaf | not available | 103000.0 | -0.71 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CERAMIDES | 0 | Root | 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. |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Leaf | 1800.0 | 2700.0 | -0.29 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | 200.0 | 5000.0 | 1.41 | 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. |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHLOROPHYLLINS | 0 | Leaf | 40.0 | 200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROPHYLLS | 0 | Leaf | 157.0 | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Inflorescence | not available | 4800.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Leaf | not available | 4900.0 | -0.19 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| CHOLINE-ACETYLTRANSFERASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Leaf | 0.8 | 3.9 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRAL | 53 | Plant | 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. |
| CITRIC-ACID | 23 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Leaf | 2.6 | 13.2 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Leaf | 2.0 | 15.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COUMARIN | 57 | 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. |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 5 | Root | not available | 109.0 | -0.39 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antipredatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostaglandin | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostanoid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprotozoal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipsittacotic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antipsoriac | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipsychotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipurpuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyretic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiradicular | 17 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |