Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Sunflower, Girasol
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID 0 Stem *
(-)-ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER 0 Flower *
(-)-ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-19-DIOL 0 Flower *
(-)-ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-OL 0 Flower *
(-)-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID 3 Flower *
(-)-TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER 0 Flower *
1,2-ANHYDRIDO-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A 0 Leaf 161.0 *
1,2-ANHYDRIDO-NIVEUSIN-A 0 Leaf 228.0 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Flower Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar.
1-METHOXY-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A 0 Leaf 207.0 *
1-O-METHYL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A 0 Leaf 207.0 *
1-O-METHYL-HEMI-KETAL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A 0 Leaf 207.0 *
12N-TRICOSANE 0 Seed *
15-BETA-HYDROXY-TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Flower *
15-HYDROXY-3-DEHYDRO-DEOXY-FRUTICIN 0 Leaf 78.0 *
15-HYDROXY-DEOXY-3-DEHYDRO-FRUTICIN 0 Leaf *
17-HYDROXY-ENT-ISOKAUR-15(16)-EN-19-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Pollen Or Spore *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Flower *
23-DEHYDRO-BETA-SITOSTEROL 0 Pollen Or Spore *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 2 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 5 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 5 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidifier 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acidulant 2 (View) Martindale's 28th
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Additive 2 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 13 (View) *
Allelochemic 9 (View) *