Experiment 920862
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | EXTERNAL |
| Organism | Urtica urens (URTICACEAE) |
| Citation | KULZE,A: GREAVES,M:. (1988). CONTACT URTICARIA CAUSED BY STINGING NETTLES.. 119(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | APPLICATION OF LEAF OR STEM TO SKIN RESULTS IN SHORT-LIVED WHEALING, ACCOMPANIED BY BURNING, ITCHING AND A PROLONGED TINGLING SENSATION. THE AUTHORS ATTRIBUTE THIS TO THE PRESENCE OF HISTAMINE, ACETYLCHOLINE AND HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE IN THE PLANT'S TRICHOMES, AND BECAUSE OF THE PERSISTENT PARESTHESIAE, POSSIBLE UNIDENTIFIED NEUROTOXIC FACTORS. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | LEAVES |