Edible value of white lotus beard: the active ingredient with lipid-lowering effect is mainly alkaloid in lotus leaf, and the lipid-lowering effect of alkaloid is mainly to block the combination of substrate and enzyme by indirectly changing the emulsification of substrate, so as to achieve inhibition.

Another study suggested that lotus leaf flavonoids also had a certain function of regulating blood lipid, which could reduce the expression of APN in liver and the level of serum LAP, and improve the level of blood lipid. Some flavonoids, such as (+)-catechin, hyperoside, isoquercitrin, astragaloside, etc., have obvious lipolysis effect on visceral adipose tissue of rats.

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Morphological characteristics of white lotus whiskers: leaves are born on nodes, round and above the water, with a diameter of 25-90 cm; Petiole inserted in the center of leaf back, cylindrical, usually spiny. Flowers are solitary at the top of pedicels, with pen-shaped buds at the beginning, and the diameter after opening is10-20 cm; Sepals 4-5, caducous; Petals are mostly red, pink or white, obovate to oval; Stamens are numerous, in rows, inserted under receptacle,

Filaments are white, strip-shaped, anthers are yellow, and there is a rod-shaped appendage at the top; Carpels are mostly free and embedded in receptacle points; Receptacle swells and sponges in fruit. Nuts are oval or ovoid, leathery, smooth, dark brown and hard. The flowering period is from May to August, and the fruiting period is from June to September.

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