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Title: Nettle Urtica spp. : mother nature's gift
Authors: Cavallaro Pejnović, Claudia (2021)
Keywords: Nettles -- Malta
Herbs -- Therapeutic use
Stinging nettle -- Malta
Phytochemicals -- Malta
Issue Date: 2021
Citation: Cavallaro Pejnović, c. (2021). Nettle Urtica spp. : mother nature's gift (Diploma long essay).
Abstract: Nettles (Urtica spp.) are herbaceous perennial plants that have been widely used for centuries in folk medicine. Based on literature research, this paper aims to evaluate the efficacy of nettle concerning ethnobotanical uses and their importance and value in modern times. Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica L.) is generally considered a weed in intensive agriculture. However, in recent years, the plant has gained interest both scientifically and commercially. It is the source of many addedvalue natural products by exploiting all the plant parts (stem, leaves, roots and seeds) for medicinal, culinary, cosmetics, and agricultural purposes. This paper reviews the properties of nettles that can make them suitable for broader applications due to their medicinal and nutritional properties, sustainability, low maintenance, and low environmental impact (requiring much less water and pesticides to grow than many other crops). This report indicates that the various extracts obtained from the nettle leaves and flowers exhibited different concentrations of the respective phytochemicals. It was concluded that no one extract is considered as the best extract as all extracts exhibited the presence of health-promoting metabolites. Hence, this may instigate further research for the commercialisation of the nettle extracts via the cultivation of the plant.
Description: Dip. Agric.(Melit.)
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/96213
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