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Plant Urtica dioica (Urticaceae)

Common Names
European Nettle; Stinging Nettle
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-ISOLARICIRESINOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ISOLARICIRESINOL 1 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-NEOOLIVIL 0 Root not available 43.5 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-3,4-DIVANILLYLTETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-PINORESINOL 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 0 Root not available 41.5 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(10E,12Z)-9-HYDROXY-10,12-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(6'PALMITOYL)-BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
13-HYDROXYOCTADECA-CIS-9-TRANS-11-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Root not available 350.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYLHEPTEN-(2)-ON-(6) 0 Essential Oil 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.
24R-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTANE-3-BETA,6-ALPHA-DIOL 0 Root not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYLPROPANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
7'(E)-4,4',7,9,9'-PENTAHYDROXY-3,3'-DIMETHOXY-8.O,4'-LIGNAN 0 Root not available 10.0 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.
7'(E)-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-4,4',7,9,9'PENTAHYDROXY-3,3'-DIMETHOXY-8-O,4'-LIGNAN 0 Root not available 20.0 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.
7-ALPHA-HYDROXY-SITOSTEROL 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-ALPHA-HYDROXYDAUCOSTEROL 0 Root not available 2.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7-ALPHA-HYDROXYSITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-BETA-HYDROXYDAUCOSTEROL 0 Root not available 2.7 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiadrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 2 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 10 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiamblyopic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antianacarditic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiandrogenic 5 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.