Plant Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sunflower; Girasol

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-19-DIOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-ANHYDRIDO-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	161.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-ANHYDRIDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	228.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Flower	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	207.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-METHYL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	207.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-METHYL-HEMI-KETAL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	207.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12N-TRICOSANE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
15-BETA-HYDROXY-TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
15-HYDROXY-3-DEHYDRO-DEOXY-FRUTICIN	0	Leaf	not available	78.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
15-HYDROXY-DEOXY-3-DEHYDRO-FRUTICIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
17-HYDROXY-ENT-ISOKAUR-15(16)-EN-19-OIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
23-DEHYDRO-BETA-SITOSTEROL	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Allelopathic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	20	Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amebicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	18	Martindale's 28th
Anaphrodisiac	1	Martindale's 29th
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	8	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Ant-Repellent	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	8	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.