Planta Medica, Table of Contents Planta Med 1999; 65(7): 666-668DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960844 Letter © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York The Inhibiting Effects of Components of Stinging Nettle Roots on Experimentally Induced Prostatic Hyperplasia in Mice Johannes Josef Lichius1 , Heiner Renneberg2 , Wolfgang Blaschek3 , Gerhard Aumüller2 , Carola Muth2 1Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie; Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany 2Institut für Anatomie und Zellbiologie, Philipps-Universität, Marburg, Germany 3Pharmazeutisches Institut, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract Direct implanting of fetal urogenital sinus (UGS) tissue into the ventral prostate gland of adult mice led to a 4-fold weight increase of the manipulated prostatic lobe. The induced growth could be reduced by the polysaccharide fraction (POLYM) of the 20% methanolic extract of stinging nettle roots by 33.8%. PDF (232 kb)
