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Common Names
European Nettle; Stinging Nettle
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Leaf | 28.0 | 138.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| APS-SULFOTRANSFERASE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | 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. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ARGININE | 14 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARSENIC | 2 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.26 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 166.0 | 830.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Plant | 640.0 | 2200.0 | -0.08 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 16800.0 | 84000.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Inflorescence | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| ASTRAGALIN | 7 | Plant | not available | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 19.0 | 94.0 | -0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 10.0 | 25.0 | 1.13 | 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. |
| BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASES | 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. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Flower | not available | 1000.0 | -0.83 | 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. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | 290.0 | 640.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-3-O-BETA-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | 300.0 | 5000.0 | not available | 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 * |