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Common Names
European Nettle; Stinging Nettle
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Disinfectant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Diuretic | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DME-Inhibitor | 1 | Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134. |
| DNA-Active | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Elastase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emmenagogue | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Emollient | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 7 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Ethanolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Euphoriant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 4 | Martindale's 28th |