Steinmetz:Nelumbo
From Metabolomics.JP
(Difference between revisions)
Revision as of 09:00, 3 June 2009
Nelumbo nucifera
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- English Names
- Egyptian Lotus
- Chinese Arrowroot
- Sacred Lotus
- Indian Lotus
- Chinese Water Lily
- Natural Habitat
- India
- Ceylon
- Persia
- China
- Japan
- (growing in ponds and marshes)
- Part(s) Used
|
- Constituent(s)
- rootstock
- seed: metarbin
- resin
- glucose
- fat
- tannin
- nelumbine (alkaloid). The rootstock also contains starch (a sort of arrowroot)
- Action
- diuretic
- sedative
- refrigerant
- nutritive (when cooked); seed: consumed by the Chinese as a delicacy
|
