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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SILICIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | 3000.0 | 40000.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Leaf | 2.0 | 10.3 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SITOSTEROL | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SITOSTEROL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SITOSTEROL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | 45.0 | 76.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | 500.0 | 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. |
| SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Leaf | 10.0 | 49.0 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | not available | 700.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | not available | 660.0 | 0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | 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. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| STIGMAST-4-EN-3-ONE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Gruenwald, J. et al. 1998. PDR for Herbal Medicine. 1st ed. Medical Economics Co., Montvale, NJ. 1244 pp. (abbreviated as PHR or Physicians Herbal Reference in my mind) |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | 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. |
| SULFUR | 14 | Leaf | 1200.0 | 6665.0 | 0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticarcinogenic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 5 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 11 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticephalagic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticerebrotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiCFS | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichilblain | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticholestatic | 1 | Shukla, B., Visen, P.K.S., Patnaik, G.K., Tripathi, S.C., Srimal, R.C., Dayal, R., and Dobhal, P.C. Hepatoprotective Activity in the Rat of Ursolic Acid Isolated from Eucalyptus Hybrid. Phytotherapy Research 6: 74-79, 1992. |
| Anticholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antichoreic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticirrhotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticirrhotic? | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Anticlastogen | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |