Listing of Useful Plants of the World
[formerly Listing of Potential New Crops for Australia]


NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.

The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.


Urtica dioica

Analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time (Agricola database 1970-1996):

 

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Source: AGRICOLA database (1970-1996)

Common Name(s): bigsting syn stinging nettle
Crop Use(s): vegetable=medicinal
Reference Source(s): douglas
Number of Papers/Mentions: 130

References (Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):

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Augustyniuk, A., K. Kmitowa, et al. (2000). Differentiation of the reaction of Beauveria bassiana strains to plant extracts. Polish Ecological Studies 23(3-4): 187-198. {a} Department of Agrocoenology, Institute of Ecology, PAS, Dziekanow Lesny, Lomianki, Poland

Erturk, O., Z. Demirbag, et al. (2000). Antiviral activity of some plant extracts on the replication of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus. Turkish Journal of Biology. [print] 24(4): 833-844. {a} Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi, Biyoloji Bolumu, Karadeniz Teknik Universitesi, Trabzon, Turkey

Harata, K. and M. Muraki (2000). Crystal structures of Urtica dioica agglutinin and its complex with tri-N-acetylchitotriose. Journal of Molecular Biology. March 297(3): 673-681. {a} Biomolecules Department, National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, 1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8566, Japan

Kmitowa, K., A. Augustyniuk, et al. (2000). A response of entomopathogenic fungi to plant extracts. Polish Ecological Studies 23(3-4): 171-185. {a} Department of Agrocoenology, Institute of Ecology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Dziekanow Lesny, 05-092, Lomianki, Poland

Konrad, L., H. H. Mueller, et al. (2000). Antiproliferative effect on human prostate cancer cells by a stinging nettle root (Urtica dioica) extract. Planta Medica. Feb. 66(1): 44-47. {a} Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Philipps-University, Robert-Koch-Str. 6, D-35033, Marburg, Germany

Koskela, T., V. Salonen, et al. (2000). Local adaptation of a holoparasitic plant, Cuscuta europaea: Variation among populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. [print] September 13(5): 749-755. {a} Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyvaskyla, FIN-40351, Jyvaskyla, Finland

Nylin, S., A. Bergstrom, et al. (2000). Butterfly host plant choice in the face of possible confusion. Journal of Insect Behavior. [print] July 13(4): 469-482. {a} Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

Saul, F. A., P. Rovira, et al. (2000). Crystal structure of Urtica dioica agglutinin, a superantigen presented by MHC molecules of class I and class II. Structure London. [print] 8(6): 593-603. {a} Unite d'Immunologie Structurale, CNRS URA 2185, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Smart, S. M., L. G. Firbank, et al. (2000). Quantifying changes in abundance of food plants for butterfly larvae and farmland birds. Journal of Applied Ecology. [print] June 37(3): 398-414. {a} Merlewood Research Station, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria, LA11 6JU, UK

Smettan, H. (2000). Scrophularia scopolii, a new record for the Bavarian Alps (Germany). Berichte der Bayerischen Botanischen Gesellschaft zur Erforschung der Heimischen Flora. [print] 70: 127-131. {a} Riedleiten 1, D-83080, Oberaudorf, Germany

Soekeland, J. (2000). Combined sabal and urtica extract compared with finasteride in men with benign prostatic hyperplasia: Analysis of prostate volume and therapeutic outcome. BJU International. [print] September 86(4): 439-442. {a} Abteilung Ergonomie, Institut fuer Arbeitsphysiologie an der Universitaet Dortmund, Ardeystr. 67, D-44139, Dortmund, Germany

Tahri, A., S. Yamani, et al. (2000). Acute diuretic, natriuretic and hypotensive effects of a continuous perfusion of aqueous extract of Urtica dioica in the rat. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. [print] November 73(1-2): 95-100. {a} Laboratoire de Physiologie et Pharmacologie Cellulaire, Faculte des Sciences, Universite Mohammed Premier, Oujda, 60000, Morocco

Taskila, K., J. V. Saarinen, et al. (2000). Histamine and LTC4 in stinging nettle-induced urticaria. Allergy Copenhagen. [print] July 55(7): 680-681. {a} Department of Dermatology, Kuopio University Hospital, FIN-70211, Kuopio, Finland

Vulink, J. T., H. J. Drost, et al. (2000). The influence of different grazing regimes on Phragmites- and shrub vegetation in the well-drained zone of a eutrophic wetland. Applied Vegetation Science. [print] May 3(1): 73-80. {a} RIZA, Rijkswaterstaat, 8200 AA, Lelystad, Netherlands

Chrubasik, S. and E. Eisenberg (1999). Treatment of rheumatic pain with kampo medicine in Europe. Part 2. Urtica dioica. Pain Clinic 11(3): 179-185. {a} Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 364, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

Corsi, G. (1999). Hydathodes in Italian taxa of the genus Urtica. Plant Biosystems 133(3): 255-263. {a} Inq.: Fabio Garbari, Dipartimento Scienze Botaniche dell'Universita, Via Luca Ghini 5, 56126, Pisa, Italy

Corsi, G., F. Garbari, et al. (1999). The genus Urtica L. (Urticaceae) in Italy: A biosystematic revision. Webbia 53(2): 193-239. {a} Dipartimento di Scienze Botaniche dell'Universita, Via L. Ghini 5, I-56126, Pisa, Italy

De, K. L., K. Verheyen, et al. (1999). Migration of ancient woodland species: A case study of Anemone nemorosa, in Muizenbos forest. Levende Natuur. June 100(5): 183-185. {a} Instituut voor Bosbouw en wildbeheer, Gaverstraat 4, 9500, Geraardsbergen, Belgium

Does, M. P. and B. J. C. Cornelissen (1999). A chimera of Urtica dioica agglutinin and tobacco chitinase displays both agglutination and chitinase activity. Plant Science Shannon. Oct. 148(2): 121-129. {a} Section for Plant Pathology, Institute for Molecular Cell Biology, BioCentrum Amsterdam, Kruislaan 318, 1098 SM, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Does, M. P., P. M. Houterman, et al. (1999). Processing, targeting, and antifungal activity of stinging nettle agglutinin in transgenic tobacco. Plant Physiology Rockville. June 120(2): 421-431. {a} Section for Plant Pathology, Institute for Molecular Cell Biology, BioCentrum Amsterdam, Kruislaan 318, 1098 SM, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Does, M. P., D. K. Ng, et al. (1999). Characterization of Urtica dioica agglutinin isolectins and the encoding gene family. Plant Molecular Biology 39(2): 335-347. {a} Section for Plant Pathology, Institute for Molecular Cell Biology, BioCentrum Amsterdam, Kruislaan 318, 1098 SM, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Ehwaeti, M. E., M. Fargette, et al. (1999). Host status differences and their relevance to damage by Meloidogyne incognita. Nematology . July 1(4): 421-432. {a} Nematology Department, Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, UK

Fontenla, S., R. I. Garcia, et al. (1999). Negative influence of non-host plants on the colonization of Pisum sativum by the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus mosseae. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Oct. 31(11): 1591-1597. {a} Departomento de Microbiologia, Estacion Experimental del Zaidin, C.S.I.C., Prof. Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain

Goepel, M., U. Hecker, et al. (1999). Saw palmetto extracts potently and noncompetitively inhibit human alpha1-adrenoceptors in vitro. Prostate 38(3): 208-215. {a} Urol. Klin., Klin. Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany

Gruszecki, W. I., A. Sujak, et al. (1999). Organisation of xanthophyll-lipid membranes studied by means of specific pigment antisera, spectrophotometry and monomolecular layer technique lutein versus zeaxanthin. Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung Section C Journal of Biosciences. July Aug 54(7-8): 517-525. {a} Lehrstuhl fur Zellphysiologie, Universitaet Bielefeld, D-33501, Bielefeld, Germany

Iglesias, J. and J. Castillejo (1999). Field observations on feeding of the land snail Helix aspersa Muller. Journal of Molluscan Studies. Nov. 65(4): 411-423. {a} Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Katiyar, S., D. E. J. M. Van, et al. (1999). Thermodynamic analysis of chitooligosaccharide binding to Urtica dioica agglutinin by Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. Bioscience Reports. Oct. 19(5): 411-420. {a} Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India

Kowalska, J., E. Stryjewska, et al. (1999). Voltammetric determination of arsenic in plant material. Electroanalysis . Nov. 11(17): 1301-1304. {a} Chemistry Department, Warsaw University, PL-02-093, Warszawa ul. Pasteura I, Poland

Kubiak, M. L. (1999). The plant food component of the diet at the late Mesolithic (Ertebolle) settlement at Tybrind Vig, Denmark. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. June 8(1-2): 117-127. {a} Wilnisgracht 15, NL-1106 MJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Leather, S. R., R. C. A. Cooke, et al. (1999). Distribution and abundance of ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in non-crop habitats. European Journal of Entomology. April 96(1): 23-27. {a} Silwood Centre for Pest Management, Department of Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY, UK

Lenssen, J., F. Menting, et al. (1999). Fluctuating water level: A requirement for species rich reed marshes. Levende Natuur. May 100(4): 131-135. {a} Nederlands Instituut voor Oecologisch Onderzoek, 6666 ZG, Heteren, Netherlands

Lenssen, J., F. Menting, et al. (1999). Control of plant species richness and zonation of functional groups along a freshwater flooding gradient. Oikos . Sept. 86(3): 523-534. {a} Dept of Ecology, Univ. of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, NL-6525 ED, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Lichius, J. J., C. Lenz, et al. (1999). Antiproliferative effect of a polysaccharide fraction of a 20% methanolic extract of stinging nettle roots upon epithelial cells of the human prostate (LNCaP). Pharmazie . Oct. 54(10): 768-771. {a} Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 17A, D-35032, Marburg, Germany

Lichius, J. J., H. Renneberg, et al. (1999). The inhibiting effects of components of stinging nettle roots on experimentally induced prostatic hyperplasia in mice. Planta Medica. Oct. 65(7): 666-668. {a} Institut fuer Pharmazeutische Biologie, Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 17A, D-35032, Marburg, Germany

Manandhar, N. P. (1999). Botany and ethnobotany of Urtica dioica L. (Stinging nettle). Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany. Sept. 23(1): 38-40. {a} Ka 3 - 16 Naya Baneshwar, Kathmandu, Nepal

McAllister, H. A. (1999). Urtica galeopsifolia Wierzb. ex Opiz (Urticaceae) confirmed for Britain by its chromosome number. Watsonia . Feb. 22(3): 275-278. {a} School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Neston, South Wirral, Cheshire, L64 4AY, UK

Mock, B., G. Schlenvoigt, et al. (1999). Specific immunotherapy in stinging nettle pollen allergy. Allergologie . Aug. 22(8): 487-491. {a} Institut fuer Klinische Immunologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet, Am Johannisfriedhof 3, D-07740, Jena, Germany

Oklejewicz, K. (1999). A new locality for Phyllitis scolopendrium (Polypodiaceae) in the Beskid Niski Mts. Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica Series Polonica 6: 290-292. {a} Zaklad Przyrodniczych Podstaw Produkcji Rolniczej, Akademia Rolnicza im. H. Kollataja w Krakowie, Wydzial Ekonomii w Rzeszowie, ul. Cwiklinskiej 2, PL-35-601, Rzeszow, Poland

Pakeman, R. J., J. Engelen, et al. (1999). Rabbit endozoochroy and seedbank build-up in an acidic grassland. Plant Ecology. Nov. 145(1): 83-90. {a} Craigiebuckler, The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen, AB15 8QH, UK

Riehemann, K., B. Behnke, et al. (1999). Plant extracts from stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), an antirheumatic remedy, inhibit the proinflammatory transcription factor NF-kappaB. FEBS Letters 442(1): 89-94. {a} Dep. Intern. Med. I, Med. Clin., Univ. Tuebingen, Otfried-Mueller-Str. 10, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany

Rovira, P., M. Buckle, et al. (1999). Major histocompatibility class I molecules present Urtica dioica agglutinin, a superantigen of vegetal origin, to T lymphocytes. European Journal of Immunology. May 29(5): 1571-1580. {a} Unite d'Immunophysiologie Moleculaire, Department of Immunology, CNRS LA 1961, Institut Pasteur, F-75724, Paris Cedex 15, France

Wenneker, M., M. S. W. Verdel, et al. (1999). Ralstonia (Pseudomonas) solanacearum race 3 (biovar 2) in surface water and natural weed hosts: First report on stinging nettle (Urtica dioica). European Journal of Plant Pathology. April 105(3): 307-315. {a} Department of Bacteriology, Plant Protection Service, 6700 HC, Wageningen, Netherlands

Wenneker, M., M. S. W. Verdel, et al. (1999). Ralstonia (Pseudomonas) solanacearum race 3 (biovar 2), causal agent of potato brown rot, in surface water and natural weed hosts. Mededelingen Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen Universiteit Gent. [print] 64(3b): 573-582. {a} Plant Protection Service, Department of Bacteriology, 6700 HC, Wageningen, Netherlands

Yakovleva, O. V. and T. I. Kravtsova (1999). Pericarp cell ultrastructure in Urtica dioica (Urticaceae). Botanicheskii Zhurnal St Petersburg. July 84(7): 33-41.

Zhao, K. J. and M. L. Chye (1999). Methyl jasmonate induces expression of a novel Brassica juncea chitinase with two chitin-binding domains. Plant Molecular Biology. [print] Aug 40(6): 1009-1018. {a} Department of Botany, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Crampton, A. B., O. Stutter, et al. (1998). Changes in the composition of monks wood national nature reserve (Cambridgeshire, UK) 1964-1996. Arboricultural Journal 22(3): 229-245. {a} English Nat., Northminster House, Peterborough PE1 1UA, UK

Dietz, H., T. Steinlein, et al. (1998). The role of growth form and correlated traits in competitive ranking of six perennial ruderal plant species grown in unbalanced mixtures. Acta Oecologica 19(1): 25-36. {a} Julius-von-Sachs-Inst. Biowissenschaften, Lehrstuhl Bot. II, Mittlerer Dallenbergweg 64, D-97082 Wuerzburg, Germany

Dubois, B., W. J. Peumans, et al. (1998). Regulation of gelatinase B (MMP-9) in leukocytes by plant lectins. FEBS Letters 427(2): 275-278. {a} Rega Inst. Med. Res., Lab Molecular Immunol., Univ. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Dunsford, S. J., A. J. Free, et al. (1998). Acidifying peat as an aid to the reconstruction of lowland heath on arable soil: A field experiment. Journal of Applied Ecology 35(5): 660-672. {a} Sch. Biological Sci., Univ. East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK

Edwards, S. C., C. L. MacLeod, et al. (1998). The bioavailability of copper and mercury to the common nettle (Urtica dioica) and the earthworm Eisenia fetida from contaminated dredge spoil. Water Air and Soil Pollution 102(1-2): 75-90. {a} Cent. Environ. Technol., Imperial Coll. Sci. Technol. Med., London SW7 2PE, UK

Fraser, L. H. (1998). Top-down vs bottom-up control influenced by productivity in a North Derbyshire, UK, dale. Oikos 81(1): 99-108. {a} Dep. Biol., Univ. Ottawa, Box 450, Stn A, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada

Grela, E. R., I. Sembratowicz, et al. (1998). Immunostimulatory activity of herbs. Medycyna Weterynaryjna 54(3): 152-158. {a} ul. Paganiniego 11/25, 20-854 Lublin, Poland

Jankowska, B. M. (1998). Variability of the soil seed banks in the natural deciduous forest in the Bialowieza National Park. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 67(3-4): 313-324. {a} Department of Botany, Biology Institute, Higher Pedagogical School, Konopnicka St. 15, 25-406, Kielce, Poland

Jankowska, B. M., A. J. Kwiatkowska, et al. (1998). The size and diversity of the soil seed banks and the light requirements of the species in sunny and shady natural communities of the bialowieza primeval forest. Plant Ecology 136(1): 105-118. {a} Dep. Plant Ecol. Nat. Protection, Univ. Warsaw, Warsaw, Aleje Ujazdowskie 4, PL-00-478 Warszawa, Poland

Jensen, K. (1998). Species composition of soil seed bank and seed rain of abandoned wet meadows and their relation to aboveground vegetation. Flora Jena 193(4): 345-359. {a} Oekol.-Zentrum Christian-Albrechts-Univ. Kiel, Schauenburger Str. 112, D-24118 Kiel, Germany

Larsson, C. and K. Martinsson (1998). Impatiens glandulifera in Sweden - An invasive species or a harmless garden escape? Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 92(6): 329-345. {a} Vickleby 6561, SE-386 93, Farjestaden, Sweden

Lee, R. T., H. J. Gabius, et al. (1998). Thermodynamic parameters of the interaction of Urtica dioica agglutinin with N-acetylglucosamine and its oligomers. Glycoconjugate Journal 15(7): 649-655. {a} Dep. Biol., Johns Hopkins Univ., 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Lowe, F. C., K. Dreikorn, et al. (1998). Review of recent placebo-controlled trials utilizing phytotherapeutic agents for treatment of BPH. Prostate 37(3): 187-193. {a} Dep. Urol., St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hosp., 425 West 59th St. 3A, New York, NY 10019, USA

Manteifel, Y. B. and A. V. Zhushev (1998). Behavioural reactions of the tadpoles of four anuran species to chemical stimuli from predators. Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii 59(2): 192-208. Lab. Comp. Vertebrate Neurol., A. N. Severtsov Inst. Ecol. Evol., Russ. Acad. Sci., Leninskii pr-t 33, Moscow 117071, Russia

McCabe, T. L. and V. Vargas (1998). The larva of Hypena manalis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hypeninae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 106(2-3): 109-113. {a} New York State Museum, CEC 3140, Albany, NY, 12230, USA

Odell, G. and G. Stahl (1998). Vegetation changes in Swedish forests from the 1980s to the 1990s: Results from the National Survey of Forest Soils and Vegetation. Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 92(4): 227-232. {a} Inst. Skoglig Marklara, SLU, SE-901 83 Umea, Sweden

Pakeman, R. J., J. P. Attwood, et al. (1998). Sources of plants colonizing experimentally disturbed patches in an acidic grassland, in eastern England. Journal of Ecology 86(6): 1032-1041. {a} Macaulay Land Use Res. Inst., Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, UK

Pitcairn, C. E. R., I. D. Leith, et al. (1998). The relationship between nitrogen deposition, species composition and foliar nitrogen concentrations in woodland flora in the vicinity of livestock farms. Environmental Pollution 102(Suppl. 1): 41-48. {a} Inst. Terrestrial Ecol., Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 00QB, UK

Rawala, A. P., W. V. Baird, et al. (1998). Organ-specific localization and molecular properties of three soluble invertases from Lilium longiflorum flower buds. Physiologia Plantarum 103(4): 551-559. {a} Dep. Horticulture, Clemson Univ., Clemson, SC 29634-0375, USA

Srutek, M. and M. Teckelmann (1998). Review of biology and ecology of Urtica dioica. Preslia Prague 70(1): 1-19. {a} Acad. Sci. Czech Republic, Inst. Botany, Dep. Plant Ecology, Dukelska 145, CZ-379 82 Trebon, Czech Republic

Tishechkin, D. Y. (1998). Acoustic signals and morphological characters of leafhoppers from Aphrodes bicinctus group from Central European Russia. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 77(6): 669-676. {a} Fac. Biol., Mosc. State Univ., Moscow 119899, Russia

Uhercikova, E. and J. Hajduk (1998). Heavy metals As and Se contents in the soils and Urtica dioica plants on the monitoring areas of the Danube water engineering work. Ekologia Bratislava 17(1): 62-78. Inst. Zool., Slovak Acad. Sci., Dep. Ecosozol. Monitoring, Dubravska cesta 9, 842 06 Bratislava, Slovakia

Zabel, J. and T. Tscharntke (1998). Does fragmentation of Urtica habitats affect phytophagous and predatory insects differentially? Oecologia Berlin 116(3): 419-425. {a} Agroecol., Univ. Goettingen, Waldweg 26, D-37073 Goettingen, Germany

Berrens, L. and A. M. Luis (1997). Haptenic side chains as posttranslational IgE-binding determinants among pollen protein allergens. International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 113(1-3): 236-237. {a} Research Group C.B.F. LETI, Calle del Sol, 5. Poligono industrial Norte, E-28760 Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain

Bombardelli, E. and P. Morazzoni (1997). Urtica dioica L. Fitoterapia 68(5): 387-402. {a} Indena S.p.A., Sci. Dep., Viale Ortles 12, 20139 Milan, Italy

Bryant, S. R., C. D. Thomas, et al. (1997). Nettle-feeding nymphalid butterflies: Temperature, development and distribution. Ecological Entomology 22(4): 390-398. {a} Sch. Biological Sciences, Univ. Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK

Dygus, K. H. (1997). Impact of starch sewage fertilization on phytocenoses of a fresh pine forest and a clearing: II. Matter and nutrient economy under conditions of sewage fertilization. Ekologia Polska 45(2): 555-574. {a} Dep. Plant Ecol., Inst. Ecol., Pol. Acad. Sci., Dziekanow Lesny near Warsaw, 05-092 Lomianki, Poland

Ellans, k. N. E., E. A. Holovko, et al. (1997). Ecologo-physiological analysis of microbiocenoses of the steppe vegetation of Ukrainian reserve "Mykhailivska Tsilyna". Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal 59(3): 3-12. {a} M.M. Grishko Cent. Bot. Gard., Natl. Acad. Sci. Ukr., 1 Timirjazevska St., Kyiv 252014, Ukraine

Fetene, M., C. Benker, et al. (1997). The pathway of assimilate flow from source to sink in Urtica dioica L., studied with 14C under ambient atmospheric conditions. Annals of Botany London 79(6): 585-591. {a} Univ. Bayreuth, Lehrstuhl fuer Pflanzenphysiologie, Universitaetstrasse 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Grzybek, J., V. Wongpanich, et al. (1997). Biological evaluation of selected plants from Poland. International Journal of Pharmacognosy 35(1): 1-5. {a} Program Collaborative Res. Pharm. Sci., Dep. Med. Chem. Pharmacognosy, Coll. Pharmacy, Univ. Ill., Chicago, IL 60612, USA

Iida, M., Y. Asami, et al. (1997). Studies on genus Urtica in Turkey: 2. Discrimination of the commercial herb drugs of Urtica in the Middle East. Natural Medicines 51(5): 461-466. {a} Res. Lab., Hoyu Co. Ltd., 1-12 Rohboku, Nagakute, Nagakute-cho, Aichi-gun, Aichi 480-11, Japan

Janz, N. and S. Nylin (1997). The role of female search behaviour in determining host plant range in plant feeding insects: A test of the information processing hypothesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 264(1382): 701-707. Dep. Zool., Stockholm Univ., 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden

Kaiser, T. and A. Fischer (1997). Suitability of sheep (Skudde and Merinofleischschaf) for landscape conservation on extensive peat grassland. Zeitschrift fuer Kulturtechnik und Landentwicklung 38(4): 172-177. Zentrum Agrarlandschafts- und Landnutzungsforschung e.V., Inst. Landnutzungssysteme und Landschaftsoekol., Eberswalder Str. 84, D-15374 Muencheberg, Germany

Kalaycioglu, A., C. Oner, et al. (1997). Observation of the antimutagenic potencies of plant extracts against pesticides in the Salmonella typhimurium strains TA98 and TA100. Turkish Journal of Botany 21(3): 127-130. {a} Hacettepe Univ., Sci. Fac., Dep. Biol., Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey

Lichius, J. J. and C. Muth (1997). The inhibiting effects of Urtica dioica root extracts on experimentally induced prostatic hyperplasia in the mouse. Planta Medica 63(4): 307-310. {a} Inst. Pharm. Biol., Philipps-Univ., Deutschhausstr. 17A, D-35032 Marburg, Germany

Roshchina, V. V., n. E. V. Mel, et al. (1997). Application of microspectrofluorometry in spectral analysis of plant secretory cells. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Seriya Biologicheskaya Moscow(2): 167-171. {a} Inst. Cell Biophys., Russ. Acad. Sci., Pushchino 142292, Russia

Scheu, S. (1997). Effects of litter (beech and stinging nettle) and earthworms (Octolasion lacteum) on carbon and nutrient cycling in beech forests on a basalt-limestone gradient: A laboratory experiment. Biology and Fertility of Soils 24(4): 384-393. II Zool. Inst. Abt. Oekologie Berliner Str. 28, D-37073 Goettingen, Germany

Schoettner, M., D. Gansser, et al. (1997). Lignans from the roots of Urtica dioica and their metabolites bind to human sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG). Planta Medica 63(6): 529-532. {a} Lehrstuhl Org. Chem. I, Univ. Bayreuth, Universitaetsstr. 30, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Schoettner, M., J. Reiner, et al. (1997). (+)-Neo-olivil from roots of Urtica dioica. Phytochemistry Oxford 46(6): 1107-1109. {a} Lehrstuhl Organische Chem. I, Universitaetsstr. 30, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Siebert, H. C., R. Kaptein, et al. (1997). Carbohydrate-protein interaction studies by laser photo CIDNP NMR methods. Glycoconjugate Journal 14(4): 531-534. {a} Bijvoet Center Biomolecular Res., Univ. Utrecht, PO Box 80075, 3508 TB Utrecht, Netherlands

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