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
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-2,5-DIEN-1-AL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL	1	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.
DELTA-CADINOL	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL	4	Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXY-ENCECALIN	0	Root	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXY-ENCECALOL	0	Root	not available	19.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDRO-PHASEIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOXINDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ECHINOCYSTIC-ACID	0	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.
ENT-15-BEYERAN-19-OIC-ACID	0	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.
ENT-ATISAN-16-ALPHA-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ENT-ATISAN-16-BETA-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ENT-ISO-KAUR-15(16)-EN-19-OIC-ACID	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.
ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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 *
ENT-TRACHYLOBAN-19-AL	0	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
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.