conclusions extracts of u. dioica showed significant antibacterial effect against some clinically important pathogenic bacteria. based on the obtained results it can be concluded that u. dioica is useful as antibacterial and bactericidal agent in treating infectious diseases. materials and methods hydroalcoholic extracts from aerial parts were prepared using aqueous solution of ethanol and meth...

conclusions it can be concluded that the nettle extract can reduce blood glucose levels in diabetic mice, at least partly, by influencing the glut2 gene expression in mice liver. results the results showed that the nettle extract significantly decreased high levels of blood glucose (p < 0.001). the nettle extract also had a preventive effect on decrease in body weight. in addition, the results ...

Bipod nettle Utrica dioica L has therapeutic properties in treatment of human chronic diseases such as anemia, joints pain and skin diseases. In this research the major components of extracts in different parts of plant (root, stem and leaf) were identified by gas chromatography (GC) apparatus. Twenty compounds were identified, the most important of which were Neophytadiene (25.21%), Phtaleic a...

background: urtica dioica is one of the medicinal herbs with many uses in treating various diseases. in some studies, its antiproliferative and apoptotic effects on cancer cell lines have been shown. therefore, the evaluation of u. dioica effect was performed on kg-1 cell line for acute myelogenous leukemia (aml) for the first time in this study. materials and methods: kg-1 cell line was treate...

metallo β-lactamases (mbls) producing pseudomonas aeruginosa ( p. aeruginosa ) isolates are becoming an escalating global threat. among the antibiotics used to treat infections associated with p. aeruginosa , resistance to carbapenem is a serious therapeutic challenge. the aim of the present study was to detect mbl-producing p. aeruginosa and to evaluate the extracts of urtica. dioica , carum. ...

OBJECTIVE Excess dietary lipids result in the accumulation of lipid metabolites including ceramides that can attenuate insulin signaling. There is evidence that a botanical extract of Urtica dioica L. (stinging nettle) improves insulin action, yet the precise mechanism(s) are not known. Hence, we examined the effects of Urtica dioica L. (UT) on adipocytes. RESEARCH DESIGN We investigated the ...