User:Herb5902/Nettle

Urtica dioica

phenolic acid, 
coumarins, 
flavanols, 
bioflavonoids, and 
Flavan-3-ols
acetylglucosamine-binding protein (UDA) 
ellagic acid, ferulic acid, kaempferol-3-O-glucoside (astragalin), myricetin, naringin, quercetin-3-O-glucoside, isorhamnetin-3-O-rutinoside, and rutin

• diuretic
• antirheumatic
• Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
• antiproliferative
• Diarrhea
• Hay Fever
• Blood Sugar
  • enhances insulin signaling by enhancing the phosphorylation of AKT1 and AKT2
• Wound and burn healing
• Hemorrhoids
• Antifungal
• Antibiotic
  • MRSA
• antiviral
  • herpes
    • alpha herpes viruses
    • CMV
  • HIV
    • inhibits formation of syncytia
      • UDA hinders HIV entry and eventually selects for viruses with missing N-glycosylation sites in GP120
  • RSV and
  • influenza A
• analgesic