Urtica Dioica: A OSTRACIZED NEGLECTED PLANT IN AGRICULTURE SERVING AS A BEST MEDICINAL AND INSECTICIDAL PROPERTY

Shreejana K.C. (), Ronika Thapa, Ashish Lamsal, Shirish Ghimire, Kabita Kurunju and Pradeep Shrestha
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Shreejana K.C.: Institute of Agriculture and animal Science, Gokuleshwor College, Baitadi NEPAL
Ronika Thapa: Institute of Agriculture and animal Science, Gokuleshwor College, Baitadi NEPAL
Ashish Lamsal: Institute of Agriculture and animal Science, Gokuleshwor College, Baitadi NEPAL
Shirish Ghimire: Institute of Agriculture and animal Science, Gokuleshwor College, Baitadi NEPAL
Kabita Kurunju: Himalayan College of Agriculture Science and Technology, PU, Kathmandu NEPAL
Pradeep Shrestha: Himalayan College of Agriculture Science and Technology, PU, Kathmandu NEPAL

Tropical Agrobiodiversity (TRAB), 2022, vol. 3, issue 1, 08-11

Abstract: Urtica dioica is the flowering herbaceous perennial plant of family Urticaceae distributed globally but commonly considered as a weed in agricultural production. Stinging nettle is one of the emerging plant which has number of medicinal, curative value along with serving as the food and nutritional value in the house of people living below the poverty line. Despite of its million benefit it does not gain much popularity as it deserve. In agricultural production it is considered as weed so removed from the main field. However if the plant is planted in collaboration with other plants it fulfill both nutritive value and serve the main plant with low infestation of disease as pest as stinging nettle avoid the closeness of insect pest as it consist of thorn and also possess host plant resistance characteristics. The plant is only famous in the local rural level and still number of research is to be carried out to transform the globally distributed weed to marketable plant so as to finalize its medicinal value.

Keywords: Urtica dioica; Antioxidant activity; Antimicrobial activity; Stinging nettle; Insecticides; Medicinal; Traditional medicine (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.26480/trab.01.2022.08.11

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