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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Urtica dioica (Urticaceae)

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
TANNIC-ACID 41 Plant *
TANNIN 35 Leaf 59700.0 133000.0 0.27 Jim Duke's personal files.
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Plant 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.
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.3 5.4 -0.61 *
THIAMINE 0 Leaf 1.0 5.4 0.05 *
THREONIC-ACID 0 Plant *
THREONINE 4 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
THREONO-1,4-LACTONE 0 Plant *
TIN 4 Leaf 5.4 27.0 1.36 *
TITANIUM 0 Leaf 27.0 -0.58 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TYROSINE 8 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Root 15.0 -1.00 Jim Duke's personal files.
URTICA-ARABINOGALACTAN-RP-5 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
URTICA-RHAMNOGALACTURAN-RP-3 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
URTICA-RHAMNOGALACTURAN-RP-4 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
URTICA-TERPENE-DIOL-1 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
URTICA-TERPENE-DIOL-2 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
URTICA-TERPENE-DIOL-3 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
VALINE 3 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Neurotransmitter 4 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 5 *
NO-Genic 2 *
NO-Inhibitor 4 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 7 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 *
Ovicide 1 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxytocic 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 1 *
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 3 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 2 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.