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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
KAEMPFEROL 75 Inflorescence Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE 0 Flower 4000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-GLUCOSIDE 4 Plant *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Inflorescence Jim Duke's personal files.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-RUTINOSIDE 0 Plant 400.0 *
KOPROPORPHYRIN 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LEAD 0 Leaf 1.0 6.0 -0.52 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
LECITHIN 20 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LECTIN 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
LECTINS 0 Root 1000.0 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
LEUCOTRIENES 0 Plant *
LIGNANS 10 Root *
LINALOL 0 Plant 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.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 114235.0 317060.0 1.80 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 2080.0 3440.0 -0.52 *
LUTEIN 15 Seed 10.0 25.0 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.
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiac 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Cardiodepressant 4 Martindale's 29th
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 13 *
Cardiotonic 3 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Cardiovascular 4 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-3-Inducer 1 *
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Cathartic 1 *
Cerebrophilic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cerebrostimulant 1 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 8 *
Cholagogue 4 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 15 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholesterolytic 2 *
Cholinergic 2 Martindale's 28th