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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
NIACIN 39 Leaf 10.0 52.0 -0.55 *
NICKEL 3 Leaf 0.3 2.7 -0.38 *
NITRATES 0 Plant 15000.0 30000.0 *
NITROGEN 0 Leaf 10000.0 55555.0 0.59 *
OCTACOSAN-14-OL 0 Root 1.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 Flower 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 20.0 -0.84 *
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 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 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root 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 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 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 Jim Duke's personal files.
PHENYLPROPANES 0 Root *
PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE 2 Plant 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 Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE 0 Plant 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 3 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 3 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoconstrictor 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchorelaxant 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchostimulant 1 Martindale's 28th
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bruchiphobe 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 3 *
Cancer-Preventive 44 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 8 Martindale's 28th
Capillarigenic 1 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 8 *