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

Common Names

European Nettle; Stinging Nettle

How this plant is used

Food

Download these results as:

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
VANILLIN	28	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Plant	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.
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Seed	10.0	25.0	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.
VIT-B-1	0	Plant	not available	0.8	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
VIT-K	0	Leaf	1.6	76.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	800000.0	-0.04	Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOPHYLL-EPOXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Leaf	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.
ZEATIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEATIN	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEATIN	2	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEATIN-NUCLEOTIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZEATIN-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEATIN-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEATIN-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ZINC	77	Leaf	0.9	4.7	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	not available	19.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	not available	19.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (GI)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	2	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antitumor (Liver)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	13	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *