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Common Names
European Nettle; Stinging Nettle
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETAINE | 14 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| BETAINE | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| BORON | 4 | Leaf | 6.0 | 47.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BROMINE | 0 | Leaf | 20.0 | 110.0 | 1.49 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| BUTYRIC-ACID | 6 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.84 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID-MALATE | 1 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | 300.0 | 16000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 5800.0 | 29000.0 | 0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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) |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | 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) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | not available | 396000.0 | -1.72 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CARBONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAROTENOIDS | 0 | Seed | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Fatal | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Flatugenic | 3 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 14 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Floral-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Fungicide | 19 | Martindale's 29th |
| Fungistat | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Fungitoxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucogonogenic | 1 | LAWSON in Koch, H. P. and Lawson, L. D., eds. 1996. Garlic- The Science and therapeutic application of Allium sativum L. and related species. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore. 329 pp. |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hematopoietic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |