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Plant Urtica dioica (Urticaceae)

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
DAUCOSTEROL-6'-O-PALMITATE 0 Root not available 5.6 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
DEHYDROCONIFERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root not available 440.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDRODICONIFERYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-KETONE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 4600.0 23000.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 231000.0 382000.0 0.61 Duke, 1992 *
FE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Leaf not available 110000.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Leaf not available 430000.0 0.67 Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Shoot 7000.0 18000.0 -0.57 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)
FLAVONOL-GLYCOSIDES 0 Flower not available 2000.0 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.
FLUORINE 0 Leaf 1.4 7.8 1.27 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FOLACIN 15 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.
FORMIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 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.
FUCOSE 0 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.
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GABA 22 Root not available 250.0 -0.70 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.
GALACTINOL 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.
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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