Lotus Corniculatus Flower Extract is extracted from the plant Lotus corniculatus, a member of the Fabaceae family, native to the temperate climate of Eurasia and North Africa, which flowers from June to August with clusters of yellow flowers.

Its major constituents are phenolic acids, saponins, flavonoids, tannins.

Lotus Corniculatus is used as animal feed and its extract is used in traditional medicine to treat pharyngitis and coughs.

Lotus Corniculatus extract has demonstrated interesting therapeutic properties as an antioxidant (1), antidepressant (2) and anti-inflammatory (3).

The presence of tannins could have a positive effect on certain proteolytic bacteria and on total intestinal microbial protein (4).

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(1) Khalighi-Sigaroodi F, Ahvazi M, Hadjiakhoondi A, Taghizadeh M, Yazdani D, Khalighi-Sigaroodi S, Bidel S. Cytotoxicity and antioxidant activity of 23 plant species of leguminosae family. Iran J Pharm Res. 2012 Winter;11(1):295-302.  

(2) Gürağaç Dereli FT, Khan H, Sobarzo-Sánchez E, Akkol EK. Antidepressant Potential of Lotus corniculatus L. subsp. corniculatus: An Ethnobotany Based Approach. Molecules. 2020 Mar 12;25(6):1299. doi: 10.3390/molecules25061299.  

(3) Pereira DA, Dalmarco JB, Wisniewski A Jr, Simionatto EL, Pizzolatti MG, Fröde TS. Lotus corniculatus regulates the inflammation induced by bradykinin in a murine model of pleurisy. J Agric Food Chem. 2011 Mar 23;59(6):2291-8. doi: 10.1021/jf103997s.  

(4) Min BR, Attwood GT, Reilly K, Sun W, Peters JS, Barry TN, McNabb WC. Lotus corniculatus condensed tannins decrease in vivo populations of proteolytic bacteria and affect nitrogen metabolism in the rumen of sheep. Can J Microbiol. 2002 Oct;48(10):911-21. doi: 10.1139/w02-087.