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
POTASSIUM	14	Rhizome	3820.0	34925.0	2.44	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	3670.0	16652.0	0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Rhizome	1360.0	6500.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	3440.0	10424.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
PRONUCIFERINE	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	172000.0	191111.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Rhizome	26000.0	167000.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	41300.0	242000.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Rhizome	200.0	955.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	3120.0	9454.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
REDUCING-SUGARS	0	Fruit	24000.0	26667.0	-1.16	Duke, 1992 *
REDUCING-SUGARS	0	Rhizome	15600.0	96296.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Rhizome	0.6	3.7	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	0.4	2.6	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ROBININ	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROEMERINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Embryo	not available	not available	not available	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
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	4	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Antifertility	1	Kumar, P., Dixit*, V.P., and Khanna, P. Antifertility Studies of Kaempferol: Isolation and Identification from Tissue Culture of some Medicinally Important Plant Species. Plantes medicinales et phytotherapie, 23: 193-201, 1989.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *