Plant Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Water Lotus

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LOTUSINE-CHLORIDE	0	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE	7	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Rhizome	940.0	4500.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	2640.0	8000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Rhizome	200.0	1215.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	560.0	2650.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	125.0	0.89	Duke, 1992 *
MERATINE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Rhizome	220.0	1050.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	720.0	2182.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Rhizome	200.0	955.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Seed	1040.0	3152.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	10.0	30.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYLCOCLAURINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYLISOCOCLAURINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-NOR-ARMEPAVINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-NORNUCIFERINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEFERIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	9	Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
Allelochemic	2	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.