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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Urtica dioica (Urticaceae)

Common Names
European Nettle; Stinging Nettle
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VANILLIN 28 Root *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Seed 10.0 25.0 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.
VIT-B-1 0 Plant 0.8 Jim Duke's personal files.
VIT-K 0 Leaf 1.6 76.0 *
WATER 0 Leaf 800000.0 -0.04 *
XANTHOPHYLL-EPOXIDE 0 Plant *
XYLOSE 3 Leaf 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.
ZEATIN 2 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEATIN 2 Plant *
ZEATIN 2 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEATIN 2 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEATIN-NUCLEOTIDE 0 Plant *
ZEATIN-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEATIN-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Root Jim Duke's personal files.
ZEATIN-O-GLUCOSIDE 0 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
ZINC 77 Leaf 0.9 4.7 -0.50 *
ZINC 77 Root 19.0 -0.23 *
ZINC 77 Seed 19.0 -0.74 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiepileptic 5 *
Antierythemic 1 *
Antiescherichic 6 *
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 *
Antifibrosarcomic 2 *
Antifibrotic 3 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 *
Antigargantitic 1 *
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 *