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
SILICIC-ACID	1	Plant	3000.0	40000.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Leaf	2.0	10.3	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
SITOSTEROL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	45.0	76.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	500.0	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.
SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Leaf	10.0	49.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Root	not available	700.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	not available	660.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	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.
STEARIC-ACID	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	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)
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	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.
SULFUR	14	Leaf	1200.0	6665.0	0.43	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
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.