The Inhibiting Effects of Components of Stinging Nettle Roots on Experimentally Induced Prostatic Hyperplasia in Mice

Johannes Josef Lichius; Heiner Renneberg; Wolfgang Blaschek; Gerhard Aumüller; Carola Muth

doi:10.1055/s-2006-960844

Planta Medica, Table of Contents

Planta Med 1999; 65(7): 666-668
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-960844

Letter

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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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%.

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