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
TERPINEN-1-EN-4-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINYL-ACETATE	5	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.
THIAMIN	31	Seed	22.0	24.0	4.16	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	9280.0	9805.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
TIGITANIN-A	0	Leaf	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.
TOCOPHEROL	93	Seed	not available	34000.0	2.64	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
TRACHYLOBAN-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 *
TRANS-5,6-LUTEIN-EPOXIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID	0	Seed	500.0	700.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	3480.0	15900.0	4.29	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Seed	6660.0	7035.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID	0	Pericarp	65000.0	77600.0	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.
VALINE	3	Seed	13150.0	50000.0	4.68	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Root	not available	0.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Seed	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.
VERBENONE	5	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	Flower	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.