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
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Seed	5340.0	5642.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	6890.0	7280.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	11820.0	12500.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIOVANILLONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	135000.0	248615.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	327350.0	345900.0	1.83	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	100.0	400.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	60.0	210.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE	2	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.
QUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	22.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	2.0	3.0	-0.20	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
RUBBER	0	Leaf	not available	5500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBBER	0	Shoot	not available	2600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIXANTHIN	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SABINENE	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.

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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
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	2	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antihepatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatocarcinogenic	1	Akao, M. and Kuroda, K. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Fumaric Acid on Hepatocarcinogenesis by Thioacetamide in Mice. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2012-2014, 1990.
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	8	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
AntiHIV	7	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihypercholesterolemic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperglycemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.