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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Urtica dioica (Urticaceae)

Common Names
European Nettle; Stinging Nettle
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ISOLARICIRESINOL 1 Plant *
(+)-ISOLARICIRESINOL 1 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-NEOOLIVIL 0 Root 43.5 Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-3,4-DIVANILLYLTETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Root *
(-)-PINORESINOL 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 0 Root 41.5 Jim Duke's personal files.
(10E,12Z)-9-HYDROXY-10,12-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
(6'PALMITOYL)-BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root 30.0 *
13-HYDROXYOCTADECA-CIS-9-TRANS-11-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Root 350.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYLHEPTEN-(2)-ON-(6) 0 Essential Oil 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 15.0 *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYLPROPANE 0 Root *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Plant 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 10.0 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.
7'(E)-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-4,4',7,9,9'PENTAHYDROXY-3,3'-DIMETHOXY-8-O,4'-LIGNAN 0 Root 20.0 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.
7-ALPHA-HYDROXY-SITOSTEROL 0 Root 10.0 *
7-ALPHA-HYDROXYDAUCOSTEROL 0 Root 2.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
7-ALPHA-HYDROXYSITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root 5.0 *
7-BETA-HYDROXYDAUCOSTEROL 0 Root 2.7 Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (GI) 1 *
Antitumor (Kidney) 2 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver) 3 *
Antitumor (Lung) 8 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 2 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Prostate) 6 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Skin) 5 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 3 *
Antitumor-Promoter 13 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 1 *
Antiulcer 17 *
Antiulcerogenic 2 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiUTI 1 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 2 *
Antivaricose 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 *