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Planta Med 1999; 65(7): 666-668
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960844
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© 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
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04 January 2007 (online)

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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%.