ROLE OF NELUMBO NUCIFERA (LOTUS) STEM AS IMMUNITY BOOSTER AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY FOOD
Era's Journal of Medical Research
; 8(2):185-189, 2021.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1964967
ABSTRACT
In China and India, Nelumbo nucífera, a perennial aquatic plant, has been used as a medicinal herb. The various sections of plants, such as leaves, seeds, flowers and rhizomes, have been reported to have beneficial effects in the treatment of pharyngopathy, pectoralgia, spermatorrhoea, leucoderma, smallpox, dysentery, cough, haematemesis, epistaxis, haemoptysis, haematuria, metrorrhagia, hyperlipidaemia, fever, cholera, hepatopathy and hyperdipsia in the traditional medicine system. Different pharmacological activities such as anti-ischaemic activity, antioxidant activity, hepatoprotective activity, anti-inflammatory activity, anti-fertility activity, antiarrhythmic activity, anti-fibrosis activity, antiviral activity, anti-proliferative activity, anti-diarrhoeal activity, psychopharmacological activity, antipyretic activity, immune-modulatory activity, hypoglycaemic activity, aldose reductase inhibitory activity, antibacterial, aphrodisiac activity, anti-platelet activity, cardiovascular activity, anti-obesity activity, lipolytic activity, hypo-cholesterolaemic activity, hepato-protective activity, anticancer activitydiuretic activity, antioxidant activity have been clinically evaluated for N.nucifera. Different pharmacological activities such as anti-ischaemic activity, antioxidant activity, hepato-protective activity, anti-inflammatory activity, anti-fertility activity, anti-arrhythmic activity, antifibrosis activity, antiviral activity, anti-proliferative activity, anti-diarrhoeal activity, psychopharmacological activity, diuretic activity, antioxidant activity have been clinically evaluated for N.nucifera. A wide number of phytoprinciples from the plant have been isolated. The present review seeks to consolidate the traditional, ethno-botanical, phytochemical and pharmacological data available on N.nucifera stem and to explore its role as an immunity booster and anti-inflammatory food.
Medical Sciences; Diabetes; Food; Flowers & plants; Anti-inflammatory agents; Medicinal plants; Vitamin C; Dysentery; Ischemia; Rhizomes; Urine; Hematuria; Immunomodulation; Antioxidants; Flowers; Aquatic plants; Diuretics; COVID-19; Dietary minerals; Inflammation; Fever; Diarrhea; Cough; Antiviral activity; Aldehyde reductase; Immune system; Smallpox; Pandemics; Seeds; Glucose; Fertility; Herbal medicine; Fibrosis; Coronaviruses; Tranquilizers; Hyperlipidemia; India
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Era's Journal of Medical Research
Year:
2021
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