Ethnobotanical Research

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and nutritional treasure. It has high amounts of chlorophyll and it is good source of beta carotene, vitamins A, C, and E, tannins, iron, calcium, phosphates, and many other minerals, especially silica (8). The nettle leaf is most commonly available in the form of capsules, dried leaves for tea, homeopathic tinctures, and ointments. Nettles can also be made into puddings or beer. The nettle is most commonly known as a nettle, but it may also be known as a stinging nettle. It can also be called burn nettle, burn weed, and burn hazel (8).
The nettle is called a stinging nettle because the whole plant covered with tiny stinging hairs. Each tiny hair is a very sharp, polished and hollow spine. The base of the spine contains venom which causes the actual stinging. It is said to be the bicarbonate of ammonia. When the sting gets the skin, the venom is immediately release, which causes irritation and inflammation. The pain and itching from a nettle sting can last from only just a few ...

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plant grows nonstop, and everywhere. It is not listed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as endangered.

Prion Article Research and Summary

Paradigm- a set of forms all of which contain a particular element
Parsimony- extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies- (also known as prion diseases) are a group of progressive conditions that affect the brain
Proteinaceous- relating to or of the nature of protein
Prion- an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid
Heretofore- so far: used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the ...

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