stinging nettle (urtica dioica l.,) is a medicinal herb commonly used by humans. the role of reactive oxygen metabolites on cancer etiology is known. there are some studies about the antioxidant effects of urtica dioica (ud) on therapy of some cancer types. this study aimed to investigate the effects of ud on antioxidant enzyme activities and mammary gland cancer induced by in rats-n-methyl-n-n...

House crickets (Acheta domesticus) are increasingly being used as food. This has the potential for a more efficient food production that also may benefit agroecosystems. As first study to compare feeds based on European wild flowering plants feed house we examined five common known support biodiversity of insects (white clover (Trifolium repens), white nettle (Lamium album), (Urtica dioica), ro...

OBJECTIVE Oxidative stress plays an important role in the development of diabetic complications including metabolic abnormality-induced diabetic micro-vascular and macro-vascular complications. Urtica dioica L. (U. dioica) has been traditionally used in Iranian medicine as an herbal remedy for hypoglycemic or due to its anti-inflammatory properties. The aim of the present study was to evaluate ...

objective: a research was carried out to investigate the effects of nettle (urtica dioica) powder (np) and essential oil (ne) on performance, blood metabolites, carcass characteristics and antioxidant stability in broiler chicks. methods: the treatments were t1: control diet, t2: control diet + 5g/kg np, t3: control diet + 10 g/kg np, t4: control diet + 5g/kg ne and t5: control diet + 10 g/kg n...