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Common Names
European Nettle; Stinging Nettle
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUTEOXANTHIN | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LYCOPENE | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LYSINE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Antonopoulou, S., Demopoulos, C. A., Andrikopoulos, N. K. 1996. Lipid separation from Urtica doica: Existence of platelet-activating factor. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 44(10): 3052-3056. |
| LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit Juice | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Leaf | 1720.0 | 8600.0 | 1.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALTOSE | 2 | 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. |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Leaf | 2.0 | 7.8 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | not available | 7.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | not available | 12.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNOSE | 3 | Leaf | 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. |
| MERCURY | 1 | Leaf | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.40 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MOLYBDENUM | 2 | Leaf | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUCILAGE | 3 | Plant | 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. |
| MYO-INOSITOL | 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. |
| NEOOLIVIL | 0 | Root | 16.6 | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOOLIVIL-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | 40.0 | 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 * |