What is it about?
Study about nutritional and functional properties of stinging nettle dried powder. Besides, this work has also compared the properties of Stinging nettle powder with wheat as well as barley flour.
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Why is it important?
Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) is a common herb and its stem and leaves are densely covered with Stinging hairs that inflict pain. It is eaten as a curry, sour soup, vegetable complement in dish, etc. Stinging nettle has a great medicinal value such as relieve of arthritis, rheumatism, muscular pain, etc.
Perspectives
Bioactivities of functional components of nettle may play important role in arthritis, rheumatism, muscular paralysis, potentially cancer prevention, etc.
Dr Bhaskar Mani Adhikari
University of Queensland
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This page is a summary of: Comparison of nutritional properties of Stinging nettle (
Urtica dioica
) flour with wheat and barley flours, Food Science & Nutrition, August 2015, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/fsn3.259.
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