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
POTASSIUM	14	Rhizome	3820.0	34925.0	2.44	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	3670.0	16652.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Rhizome	1360.0	6500.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	3440.0	10424.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
PRONUCIFERINE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	172000.0	191111.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Rhizome	26000.0	167000.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	41300.0	242000.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Rhizome	200.0	955.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	3120.0	9454.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
REDUCING-SUGARS	0	Fruit	24000.0	26667.0	-1.16	Duke, 1992 *
REDUCING-SUGARS	0	Rhizome	15600.0	96296.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Rhizome	0.6	3.7	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	0.4	2.6	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ROBININ	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROEMERINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.