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

Common Names

European Nettle; Stinging Nettle

How this plant is used

Food

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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
ALUMINUM	5	Leaf	28.0	138.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ARABINOSE	0	Root	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.
ARGININE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ARGININE	14	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Leaf	0.0	0.1	-0.26	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	166.0	830.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	640.0	2200.0	-0.08	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASH	0	Leaf	16800.0	84000.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASTRAGALIN	7	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ASTRAGALIN	7	Plant	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	19.0	94.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	10.0	25.0	1.13	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.
BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASES	0	Plant	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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Flower	not available	1000.0	-0.83	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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	290.0	640.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	300.0	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
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