title: The inhibiting effects of components of stinging nettle roots on experimentally induced prostatic hyperplasia in mice.
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 (POLY-M) of the 20% methanolic extract of stinging nettle roots by 33.8%.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lichius
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Renneberg
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Blaschek
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aumüller
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000737:chemistry; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts