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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
NELUMBINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NELUMBOSIDE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Rhizome	21.0	130.0	0.92	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	4.0	78.0	1.05	Duke, 1992 *
NORNUCIFERINE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NUCIFERINE	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NUCIFERINE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-METHYLCORYPALLINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Rhizome	140.0	670.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	620.0	1879.0	-0.96	Duke, 1992 *
OXOUSHINSUNINE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Rhizome	280.0	1340.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	770.0	2333.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Rhizome	20.0	95.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Rhizome	470.0	2250.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	2060.0	6242.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	2940.0	3267.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Rhizome	1000.0	4785.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	590.0	7130.0	0.47	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
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier	1	Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasoconstrictor	1	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Vasodilator	13	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	1	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.