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
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.
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.