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Production and processing of organically grown fiber nettle (Urtica dioica L.) and its potential use in the natural textiles industry: A review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
In Europe, the perennial stinging nettle was cultivated during the 19th century until the Second World War and has a long history as a fiber plant.
Hartl, A., Vogl, C. R.
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Diversity of Forest and Shrub Communities as a Result of Site History and of Extensive and Intensive Forest Management (Glinno Ługi Case Study) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The paper presents the diversity of natural and anthropogenic forest communities occurring in post-cultivated fields in Glinno Ługi. An impoverished fresh pine forest association (Leucobryo-Pinetum) and nine secondary forest communities have been ...
Ambrożkiewicz, Katarzyna   +1 more
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A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

MODELLING OF THIN LAYER SOLAR DRYING KINETICS AND EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITY OF Urtica dioica LEAVES [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Engineering Science and Technology, 2017
Urtica dioica is an endemic plant of Morocco used for its virtues in traditional medicine. The drying kinetics of Urtica dioica leaves in a convective solar dryer was studied.
A. LAMHARRAR   +3 more
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Radical-Scavenging Effect, Ferric Reducing Ability and Phytochemical Analysis of Urtica urens (L.) and Mercurialis annua (L.)

open access: yesProgress in Microbes and Molecular Biology, 2023
Important Moroccan medicinal plants known for their food and medicinal potential include Urtica urens and Mercurialis annua. We examined the antioxidant activity of the methanolic and aqueous extracts by several in vitro systems of the assay, namely the
Doukkali Zouhra   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of Urtica dioica extract on the number of astrocytes in the dentate gyrus of diabetic rats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Diabetes mellitus is associated with cerebral alterations in both human and animal models of the disease. These alterations include abnormal expression of hypothalamic neuropeptides and hippocampal astrogliosis.
Afshar, M.   +2 more
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Trends and Patterns for the Use of Herbal Medicinal Products for Gynaecological Ailments

open access: yesPhytotherapy Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Most Germans consider herbal medicinal products (HMPs) to be an important supplement to conventional medicine. Despite existing clinical evidence for safety and efficacy, they are still not sufficiently integrated into drug therapy of gynaecological complaints in everyday practice.
Alexandra Drebka   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Systematic Review of Ethnobotanical, Phytochemical, and Ethnopharmacological Studies of Urtica simensis (Stinging Nettle)

open access: yesJournal of Experimental Pharmacology, 2023
Tesfaye Yimer Tadesse,1 Mulugeta Molla Zeleke,1 Samuel Berihun Dagnew,2 Getu Tesfaw Addis3 1Pharmacology and Toxicology Unit, Department of Pharmacy, Health Science College, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia; 2Clinical Pharmacy Unit ...
Tadesse TY   +3 more
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Assessment of Phytochemicals, Antioxidant Activity, Total Phenolic and Flavonoid Contents of Selected Nepalese Medicinal Plants

open access: yesNepal Journal of Biotechnology, 2022
Several medicinal plants have been used from the traditional period of times to cure different diseases but there is little scientific evidence. The phytochemicals of plants can reduce cardiovascular and other diseases.
Deepak Kumar Shrestha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

High nitrogen loading impacts the temperature‐size rule and heat tolerance in a nettle‐feeding butterfly

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Host‐plant quality and ambient temperature are key environmental drivers of herbivorous insect performance, affecting growth, development, and survival. While temperature accelerates physiological processes in ectothermic insects, nutrient limitation in host plants can ...
Berber M. J. W. Meulepas   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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