objective: this study was aimed to examine the antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of urtica dioica leaf extract in animal models. materials and methods: hydroalcoholic extract of the plant leaves was prepared by percolation method. male swiss mice (25-35 g) and male wistar rats (180-200 g) were randomly distributed in control, standard drug, and three experimental groups (n=6 in each...

conclusions acute administration of u. dioica impairs the object-recognition task if it is used only before the training session. this may be due to its modulation on the acquisition processing of object-recognition. u. dioica has no significant effects on the consolidation or retrieval processing stages of the nor task. these results emphasize the unfavorable effect on cognitive function of pr...

Male and female flowering plants of the dioecious Urtica dioica occur in approximately equal numbers in our study area on the coastal sand dunes of Meijendel. The seed sex ratio (SSR, fraction of males) collected from female plants in the field varied between 0.05 and 0.76, and differed significantly between maternal parents. After one generation of selection for either high or low SSR, female ...

Stinging Nettle Cream for Osteoarthritis Keith Rayburn, MD, is a physician in the Department of Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California. Eric Fleischbein, PharmD, is a pharmacist in the Department of Pharmacy Services, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Jessica Song, PharmD, is a pharmacist in the Department of Pharmacy Services, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and ...

Keith Rayburn, MD, is a physician in the Department of Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, California. Eric Fleischbein, PharmD, is a pharmacist in the Department of Pharmacy Services, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. Jessica Song, PharmD, is a pharmacist in the Department of Pharmacy Services, Santa Clara VaUey Medical Center, and an instructor at the University ofthe Paci...

Variation in food stoichiometry affects individual performance and population dynamics, but it is also likely that species with different life histories should differ in their sensitivity to food stoichiometry. To address this question, we investigated the ability of the three nettle-feeding butterflies (Aglais urticae, Polygonia c-album, and Aglais io) to respond adaptively to induced variatio...

objective(s) urtica dioica l. has been known as a medicinal plant in the world. this study was conducted to determine the effects of the hydroalcoholic extract of urtica dioica leaves on seminiferous tubules of diabetic rats. materials and methods animals were allocated to control, diabetic and protective groups. treated animals received extract of u. dioica (100 mg/ kg/ day) ip for the first 5...

BACKGROUND Numerous studies were carried out to develop more sophisticated dressings to expedite healing processes and diminish the bacterial burden in burn wounds. This study assessed the healing effect of nettle extract on second degree burns wound in rats in comparison with silver sulfadiazine and vaseline. METHODS Forty rats were randomly assigned to four equal groups. A deep second-degre...

Ethanolic and aqueous extracts from five plant species used in Turkish traditional medicine were evaluated for in vivo hypercholesterolaemic and antioxidant activities: Agrostemma githago L., Potentilla reptans L., Thymbra spicata var. spicata L., Urtica dioica L. and Viscum album var. album L. We assayed the effects of the administration of plant extracts on serum total cholesterol, triglyceri...

Formation of renal calculi is one of the common urological disorders. Urinary stone disorder has always been a common disease currently affecting 10-12% of the population in industrialized countries. The highest prevalence of this disease seems to be at the age of 20-40 years for men, while for the women, the incidence of this disease is somewhat later. Various previous studies have shown that ...