Revealing the reviving secret of the white dead nettle (Lamium album L.)

A review on biological effects of Lamium album (white dead nettle) and its components

“…Lamium genus has almost 40 species (2,3,6,(8)(9)(10). It is an annual and perennial plant, with 50 to 100 cm height, green and four-corner stems, long leaves with egg-like to kidney-like shapes, three-corners with round base, jagged edges and soft hairs.…”

“…It is an annual and perennial plant, with 50 to 100 cm height, green and four-corner stems, long leaves with egg-like to kidney-like shapes, three-corners with round base, jagged edges and soft hairs. This plant has white and bilabial flowers and in the form of loops from 6 to 12 flowers placed in the upper part of the stalk (10).…”

“…The reason for folksy naming of this herb to nettle is due to its apparent similarity to Urtica dioica (Stinging nettle) plant. But unlike that, L. album hairs are not stinging (7,10). Also, it is generally called white nettle because of its white flowers.…”

“…Also, it is generally called white nettle because of its white flowers. As the stinging nettle is protected by its power of stinging, the protection of white nettle against livestock and leaf-eating insects occurs by its similarity with stinging nettle (10).…”

Natural products utilization

“…The growing importance of medicinal plants is illustrated by a set of comprehensive reviews on Astragalus (Fabaceae), Verbascum (Scrophulariaceae), Lamium and Agastache (Lamiaceae), their bioactive principles and record accomplishment in traditional use (Alipieva et al 2014;Ionkova et al 2014;Yordanova et al 2014;Zielińska and Matkowski 2014). Nasopoulou et al (2014) focuses on the opportunity to utilize the by-products of olive oil production (e.g.…”