COMMON NETTLE EXTRACT

Nettle is a perennial herb that spreads naturally especially along stream borders, in wetlands and irrigable field areas.

Cosmetics Cream, shampoo, skin care cream, skin care lotion, hair lotion

Food Supplements Syrup, drop

Beverage Flavor Flavour, tea, Common Nettle juice

Pet Health, Food, Cosmetics Cat/dog food and shampoo

Herbal Medicine Used in the treatment of painful muscles and joints, eczema, arthritis, gout and anaemia

Cleaning Solid/liquid soap, Essence

Active Ingredients Benzene dicarboxylic acid, β-linalool, phytol, menthol, borneol, 3-Eicosene (E) 1-8 cineole (5.60%) and camphor (5.36%)

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Nettle is a perennial herb that spreads naturally especially along stream borders, in wetlands and irrigable field areas. The plant can grow to more than 1 m in height. The trunk, branches and leaves are hairy and contain compounds irritating to human skin.

This plant contains a wide range of phytochemicals such as phenolic compounds, sterols, fatty acids, alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids and lignans, whose excellent pharmacological activities including antiviral, antimicrobial, anthelmintic, anticancer, nephroprotective are widely reported. Nettle leaves contains 0.01% essential oil and the essential oil contains carvacrol (38.2%), carvone (9.0%), naphthalene (8.9%), (E)-ethanol (4.7%), hexahydrofarnesyl acetone (3.0%), (E)-geranyl (2.9%), (E)-beta-ionone (2.8%) and phytol (2.7%).

Other compounds: Benzene dicarboxylic acid, β-linalool, phytol, menthol, borneol, 3-Eicosene (E) 1-8 cineole (5.60%) and camphor (5.36%)