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
LOTUSINE-CHLORIDE	0	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE	7	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Rhizome	940.0	4500.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	2640.0	8000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Rhizome	200.0	1215.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	560.0	2650.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	125.0	0.89	Duke, 1992 *
MERATINE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Rhizome	220.0	1050.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	720.0	2182.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Rhizome	200.0	955.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Seed	1040.0	3152.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	10.0	30.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYLCOCLAURINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-METHYLISOCOCLAURINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-NOR-ARMEPAVINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-NORNUCIFERINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEFERIN	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
Antidermatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiabetic?	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antidote (Acetaminophen)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Heavy Metals)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *