Amaç: Bu çal›flmada, streptozin ile diyabet gelifltirilen s›çanlarda, Urtica dioica yapraklar›n›n hidroalkol ekstrakt›n›n, karaci¤erde gözlenen kantitatif morfometrik de¤ifliklikler üzerine olan koruyucu etkisinin araflt›r›lmas› amaçlanm›flt›r. Yöntem: Otuz adet erkek Wistar cinsi s›çan kontrol (G1), diyabetik (G2) ve diyabetik+Urtica dioica (G3) olmak üzere 3 gruba ayr›ld›lar. Kontrol grubuna ...

Urtica dioica has been known as a plant that decreases blood glucose. Despite the importance of this plant in herbal medicine, relatively little research has been down on effects of this plant on islets yet. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effect of dried Urtica dioica leaf alcoholic and aqueous extracts on the number and the diameter of the islets and histological parame...

BACKGROUND Increase in the emergence of drug -resistant pathogens led to the development of natural antimicrobials. In this study the antimicrobial effect of methanolic extracts of Sambucus ebulus and Urtica dioica on 16 skin and wound infections isolates of methicillin resistant S. aureus have been studied. MATERIAL AND METHODS Solvent extraction procedure was done using soxhlet apparatus fo...

Purpose: To determine the effects of therapy with Urticadioica for symptomatic relief of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)secondary to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).Material and Methods: A 6-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled,randomized, partial crossover, comparative trial of Urtica dioica withplacebo in 620 patients was conducted. Patients were evaluated using<...

Although stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) has been shown to reduce HM (heavy metal) content in soil, its wider phytoremediation potential has been neglected. Urtica dioica was cultivated in soils contaminated with HMs or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). After four months, up to 33% of the less chlorinated biphenyls and 8% of HMs (Zn, Pb, Cd) had been removed. Bacteria were isolated from the pla...

The effects of hydroalcoholic (80% ethanol-20% water) extract of Urtica dioica L. on microsomal aniline 4-hydroxylase (A4H) were investigated in the liver of Swiss albino mice (8- 10-weeks-old) treated with two doses (50 and 100 mg/kg body weight, given orally for 14 days ). The activities of A4H showed a significant increase in the liver at both dose levels of extract treatment. The hydroalcoh...