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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Nelumbo nucifera (Nelumbonaceae)

Common Names
Water Lotus
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
VALINE 3 Rhizome 550.0 2630.0 -1.00 *
VALINE 3 Seed 2660.0 8061.0 -0.49 *
WATER 0 Rhizome 750000.0 838000.0 0.71 *
WATER 0 Seed 143000.0 80200.0 -0.57 *
ZINC 77 Seed 28.0 -0.49 *
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Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 4 *
Antiprostaglandin 1 *
Antiprostanoid 1 *
Antiprostatitic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiprotozoal 1 *
Antipruritic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 *
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95