Botanical species · safety record

Urtica urens

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 3 constituent measurements for Urtica urens. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Urtica urens L.

3Constituent measurements

0Safety records

1Cited sources

83Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 83 licensed products naming Urtica urens as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Source material stated

Fresh aerial part collected at flowering time
Fresh aerial parts
Fresh aerial parts collected at flowering time
Fresh aerial parts of blossoming plants
Leaf
Plante entière
Plante entière fleurie fraîche
Root

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Alkaloids	Leaves	Solvent extraction	0.58 Percent	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	Resolve DOI
Phytic acid	Leaves	Solvent extraction	4730 Millimole/kilogram	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Leaves	Solvent extraction	8 Percent	Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests)	Resolve DOI

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Afolayan, A. J., Jimoh, F. O. Nutritional quality of some wild leafy vegetables in South Africa. International journal of food sciences and nutrition, 2009, vol. 60, no. 5, p. 424-431. DOI

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