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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
BETAINE 14 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETAINE 14 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
BORON 4 Leaf 6.0 47.0 -0.39 *
BROMINE 0 Leaf 20.0 110.0 1.49 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Plant *
CADMIUM 3 Leaf 0.0 0.1 -0.84 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Plant *
CAFFEIC-ACID-MALATE 1 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID 0 Flower *
CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID 0 Plant 300.0 16000.0 *
CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
CAFFEOYL-MALIC-ACID 0 Shoot Jim Duke's personal files.
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 5800.0 29000.0 0.72 *
CAMPESTEROL 2 Root 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 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 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 *
CAROTENOIDS 0 Seed 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 6 *
Prostatitigenic 1 *
Protease-Inhibitor 1 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 4 Martindale's 29th
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Pyrogenic 1 Conradson, T. B. G., Dixon, C. M. S., Clarke, B., Barnes, P. J. 1987. Cardiovascular Effects of Infused Adenosine in Man: Potentiation by Dipyridamole. Acta Physiol Scand, 129(3): 387-391.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 5 *
Radioprotective 2 Martindale's 28th
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Respirodepressant 1 *
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rodenticide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 2 *