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
SERINE	1	Rhizome	600.0	2870.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	2520.0	7636.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Seed	880.0	2667.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Rhizome	395.0	1935.0	1.60	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	10.0	490.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Rhizome	92500.0	570988.0	0.87	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Rhizome	10.0	50.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Fruit	41000.0	45556.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Rhizome	4100.0	25309.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIC-ACID	41	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Rhizome	2.2	14.0	1.56	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	1.5	7.5	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Rhizome	510.0	2440.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	2000.0	6060.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE	15	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Rhizome	200.0	955.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	590.0	1788.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Rhizome	290.0	1390.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Seed	1000.0	3030.0	-1.09	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antineuralgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophthalmic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	19	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *