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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiinfertility	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	14	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	3	Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic	2	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimaculitic	3	Duke, 1992 *