An official website of the United States government.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiepileptic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antierythemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiescherichic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiesherichic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiestrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antifeedant | 8 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Antifertility | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrinolytic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53. |
| Antifibromyalgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrosarcomic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifibrotic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigargantitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 2 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastrisecretogogic | 1 | Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp. |
| Antigastritic | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |