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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TANNIC-ACID | 41 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Leaf | 59700.0 | 133000.0 | 0.27 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | 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. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 0.3 | 5.4 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 5.4 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| THREONO-1,4-LACTONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Leaf | 5.4 | 27.0 | 1.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TITANIUM | 0 | Leaf | not available | 27.0 | -0.58 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| URSOLIC-ACID | 89 | Root | not available | 15.0 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| URTICA-ARABINOGALACTAN-RP-5 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| URTICA-RHAMNOGALACTURAN-RP-3 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| URTICA-RHAMNOGALACTURAN-RP-4 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| URTICA-TERPENE-DIOL-1 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| URTICA-TERPENE-DIOL-2 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| URTICA-TERPENE-DIOL-3 | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| VALINE | 3 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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). |