Plant Urtica dioica (Urticaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL	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.
PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHORIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	894.0	4470.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PINORESIONOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POLYSACCHARIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PORPHYRINS	0	Leaf	not available	10000.0	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.
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	3500.0	17500.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	not available	11320.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	not available	12190.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	50400.0	252000.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	155000.0	201000.0	-0.29	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTOPORPHYRIN	0	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.
QUERCETIN	176	Inflorescence	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
QUERCETIN-3-O-GLUCOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-RUTINOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative	2	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
UV-Screen	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoactive	1	Merck 11th Edition
Vasoconstrictor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	13	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	3	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).