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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
7-BETA-HYDROXYSITOSTEROL	0	Root	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-BETA-HYDROXYSITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9'-ACETYL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	60.0	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.
9,10,13-TRIHYDROXYOCTADEC-TRANS-11-ENOIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	342.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
9,12,13-TRIHYDROXY-OCTADEC-TRANS-10-ENOIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	34.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
9,9'-BIACETYL-NEOOLIVIL	0	Root	not available	70.0	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.
9,9'-BIACETYL-NEOOLIVIL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	100.0	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.
9,9'-BISACETYL-NEOOLIVIL	0	Root	not available	21.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
9-ACETYL-NEOOLIVIL	0	Root	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-ACETYL-NEOOLIVIL-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	40.0	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.
ACETIC-ACID	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE	19	Leaf	not available	20.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE	19	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ADENOSINE	28	Root	not available	20.0	-1.00	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.
AESCULETIN	32	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ALANINE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ALLANTOIC-ACID	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.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Leaf	16.0	94.0	-0.81	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Seed	230.0	380.0	0.48	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
Mutagenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Mycobactericide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myocontractant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myostimulant	2	Martindale's 29th
Myotonic	1	Martindale's 29th
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	3	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Nematistat	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.