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Plant Urtica dioica (Urticaceae)

Common Names
European Nettle; Stinging Nettle
How this plant is used
Food
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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
NIACIN 39 Leaf 10.0 52.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.3 2.7 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
NITRATES 0 Plant 15000.0 30000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN 0 Leaf 10000.0 55555.0 0.59 Duke, 1992 *
OCTACOSAN-14-OL 0 Root not available 1.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Flower 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.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Root not available 20.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 17825.0 23115.0 -0.79 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
OLIVIL 0 Plant 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)
OXALIC-ACID 9 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 10000.0 13500.0 -0.42 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Leaf not available 10.0 -0.72 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PECTIN 24 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.
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PHENYLPROPANES 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 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-CHOLINE 2 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE 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.
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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.