Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Tuber
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Roasted tubers are taken for diseases in the urinary tract and the digestive system
- Acts as an emollient and a diuretic
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Sterol: nymphayol from flowers; O– nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranoside, sugar-specific lectin (NNTL) from tuber
Bioactivity :
Alcohol extract of flowers: hepatoprotective, antibacterial, antihyperlipidaemic, antihyperglycaemic; nymphayol: antidiabetic, antinociceptive, immunomodulatory, antipyretic; NNTL: agglutinative against certain bacteria and antiproliferative
Clinical:
Note :
The National Flower of Sri Lanka
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