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Online-Ressource
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1612-1880
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Abstract: Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn is a recognised herbal plant in ancient medical sciences. Each portion of the plant leaf, flower, seed and rhizome is utilised for nutritional and medicinal purposes. The chemical compositions like phenol, alkaloids, glycoside, terpenoids and steroids have been isolated. The plant contains various nutritional values like lipids, proteins, amino acids, minerals, carbohydrates, and fatty acids. Traditional medicine confirms that the phytochemicals of plants give significant benefits to the treatment of various diseases such as leukoderma, smallpox, dysentery, haematemesis, coughing, haemorrhage, metrorrhagia, haematuria, fever, hyperlipidaemia, cholera, hepatopathy and hyperdipsia. To verify the traditional claims, researchers have conducted scientific biological in vivo and in vitro screenings, which have exhibited that the plant keeps various notable pharmacological activities such as anticancer, hepatoprotective, antioxidant, antiviral, hypolipidemic, anti‐obesity, antipyretic, hypoglycaemic, antifungal, anti‐inflammatory and antibacterial activities. This review, summaries the nutritional composition, chemical constituents and biological activities substantiated by the researchers done in vivo and in vitro.
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year:2024
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Chemistry & biodiversity, Zürich : Wiley-VHCA, [2004]-, (17.04.2024) (gesamt 30), 1612-1880
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1002/cbdv.202301493
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404171437516.212017352701
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.202301493
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https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404171437516.212017352701
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https://d-nb.info/1326469452/34
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.202301493
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