The study evaluated the antibacterial effect of stinging nettle extract by liquid microdilution method to obtain quantitative results. Unlike other studies in literature, MIC and MBC values showing bacteriostatic bactericidal effects were investigated for four different bacterial concentrations. Six pathogen strains studied, including Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213, Enterococcus faecalis 2921...

Human life is depending on plants for various needs including for food and medicine. The indigenous medicine system of every country is using plant and plant products as their basic material for preparation of medicine. Laportea interrupta L. Chew commonly known as ‘stinging nettle’ is one of the ethnomedicinal plants of India claimed for various medicinal uses like anti-inflammatory, anti-pyre...

Chrysciova quinquecirrha, the common sea nettle infests the Chesapeake Bay waters during the summer season. This coelenterate causes a severe economic problem for this resort area because of the painful sting it iaflicts upon bathers who accidentally come in contact with its tentacles. These stings are thought to result from the injection of nematocyst threads and the introduction of a toxin in...

Nettle, Stinging Nettle (Common names) Urticadioca; Urticaurens (Scientific is considered by many to be a bothersome pest, but the nettle has been used since ancient times as source of food, fiber, and medicinal preparations. They also called in commonly nettle, weedy perennial plant family (Urticaceae). It known for its stinging leaves classified eukaryote. Because they contain true nucleus me...

Tragia involucrata commonly known as Indian stinging nettle is a shrub widely used in traditional ayurvedic system for treatment of cephalagia, skin infections, eczema, and bronchitis. However, in use as a traditional medicine since ancient time, its anti-arthritic and hemolytic properties are not yet studied. The present study aimed to assess the phytochemical analysis, in vitro anti-arthritic...

Testosterone is one of the important androgen. It has been reported that testosterone can have effects on hair follicles, dermal fibroblasts and interfollicular keratinocytes in vitro conditions. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of testosterone and nettle on skin structures and sebaceous glands. Materials and Methods: For this study, 20 healthy adult male wistar rats with...

The aim of this study was the development and characterization of lipid nanocarriers using food grade components for oral delivery of Serenoa repens CO2 extract, namely microemulsions (MEs) and self-microemulsifying drug delivery systems (SMEDDSs) to improve the oral absorption. A commercial blend (CB) containing 320 of S. repens CO2 extract plus the aqueous soluble extracts of nettle root and ...

Nettle et al. [1] explored the conditions under which it could be adaptive for humans to calibrate the development of life history traits (for example, reproductive timing) on the level of adversity experienced in early life. They concluded that external predictive adaptive responses (PARs)—in which early cues are employed to forecast the adult environment—can only evolve if environmental state...