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Plant Urtica dioica (Urticaceae)

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
(+)-ISOLARICIRESINOL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ISOLARICIRESINOL 1 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-NEOOLIVIL 0 Root not available 43.5 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-3,4-DIVANILLYLTETRAHYDROFURAN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-PINORESINOL 0 Root not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-SECOISOLARICIRESINOL 0 Root not available 41.5 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(10E,12Z)-9-HYDROXY-10,12-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(6'PALMITOYL)-BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
13-HYDROXYOCTADECA-CIS-9-TRANS-11-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Root not available 350.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
2-METHYLHEPTEN-(2)-ON-(6) 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
24R-ETHYL-5-ALPHA-CHOLESTANE-3-BETA,6-ALPHA-DIOL 0 Root not available 15.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYLPROPANE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Leaf not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Plant not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
7'(E)-4,4',7,9,9'-PENTAHYDROXY-3,3'-DIMETHOXY-8.O,4'-LIGNAN 0 Root not available 10.0 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.
7'(E)-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-4,4',7,9,9'PENTAHYDROXY-3,3'-DIMETHOXY-8-O,4'-LIGNAN 0 Root not available 20.0 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.
7-ALPHA-HYDROXY-SITOSTEROL 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-ALPHA-HYDROXYDAUCOSTEROL 0 Root not available 2.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
7-ALPHA-HYDROXYSITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root not available 5.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
7-BETA-HYDROXYDAUCOSTEROL 0 Root not available 2.7 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
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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
Secretomotor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sedative 8 Duke, 1992 *
Sequestrant 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 2 Duke, 1992 *
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sodium-Sparing 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Soporific 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Spasmogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide 2 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Styptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Succinic-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Sunscreen 5 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 5 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Tachycardic 1 Martindale's 29th
Taenicide 1 Martindale's 28th
Teratogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *