Nettle "anti-inflammatory nettle demonstrates

Nettle herbs (nettle, nettle urens)

Science (11/30/2009) - Researchers have found that the exaggerated response of the immune system explain why the elderly are viral infections more easily than young people. The study bucks the common view that the decline of the immune response to blame susceptibility to viral infections .... from leaflady: Nettle "Anti-inflammatory nettle demonstrates antiinflammatory activity in experimental situations extract partially inhibited the activity of 5-lipoxygenase and shows the concentration dependent inhibition of synthesis of cyclooxygenase derived reactions (2) (Note: this is the same enzymes that aspirin inhibits) . new class of drugs (called inhibitors COX2), designed specifically for modulating enzyme cyclooxygenase is a new way in the pharmaceutical industry. Nettle (both leaves and roots) also appears to prevent the stimulation of proinflammatory cytokines like tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1 beta. Cytokines can be seen in simple terms how the immune system messengers. Although discussion of these proinflammatory cytokines and immune system balance is beyond the scope of this article, the balance of cytokines is a growing area of ​​interest in medicine. In fact, almost all immune disorders (HIV, cancer, autoimmune diseases, c), allergic conditions (such as asthma and allergies), and even obesity / insulin resistance are characterized by an imbalance in cytokine levels in the functional disorders that occur in metabolic level. In the lipoxygenase, cyclooxygenase, and cytokines modulate the activity of this plant, nettle literally treasure unknown potential. Anti-viral and immune balancing UDA superantiheny nettle really contains "Super lectin" called superantiheny UDA (UDA for short). For those interested, UDA apparently, N-acetylglucosamine specific lectins. Practice shows that it is super lectin may prevent a number of viruses, including those responsible for HIV infection, colds and flu. (4)

UDA also T-cell mitogen, different from the classical T-cell mitogens lectin, its ability to distinguish features of the population of CD4 + and CD8 + T cells and its ability to induce the original painting activation of T cells and products cytokines. (5) In principle, this means that unlike most things that stimulate the immune system only to be more active, super nettle lectins in apparently stimulates the immune system to be in equilibrium (6).

While human studies have not enough (and it would be highly desirable), lectin UDA super has been shown to prevent progression of experimentally induced systemic lupus erythematosus, a the drug lasix disease in mice. In the experiment UDA lectin-treated animals do not develop clinical signs of lupus are open and nephritis (kidney disease). UDA has also been shown to change the production of autoantibodies in the sex-dependent manner. (14) "

excerpt from the notes above on nettle in leaflady. Org.