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Extracts from fruits of saw palmetto (Sabal serrulata) and roots of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica): viable alternatives in the medical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and associated lower urinary tract symptoms

Koch, E. · Planta Medica · 2001

Preclinical

Abstract

This review describes how extracts of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) root, alone or combined with saw palmetto, act on the mechanisms of benign prostatic hyperplasia, supporting nettle's use for lower-urinary-tract symptoms.

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Koch, E (2001) 'Extracts from fruits of saw palmetto (Sabal serrulata) and roots of stinging nettle (Urtica dioica): viable alternatives in the medical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and associated lower urinary tract symptoms', Planta Medica, 67(6), pp. 489-500. doi:10.1055/s-2001-16496

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