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
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	2050.0	6212.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIENSINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIENSININE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCETIN	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Rhizome	560.0	2680.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	630.0	3900.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Rhizome	690.0	3300.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	3260.0	9879.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIENSININE	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Rhizome	140.0	670.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	2850.0	8636.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	60.0	285.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	270.0	818.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
LIRIODENINE	11	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIRIODENINE	11	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOTUSINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticancer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility	2	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticlastogen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *