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
EO	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.
ERYTHRODIOL	0	Shoot	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.
EUGENOL	76	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARADIOL	2	Flower	not available	7800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	222000.0	523800.0	1.36	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Pollen Or Spore	2.0	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	37550.0	323000.0	1.49	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	480.0	505.0	-0.66	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GALACTOSE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL	14	Oil	not available	27.0	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLINS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINIC-ACID	0	Seed	55790.0	58900.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCEROL-ALPHA-MONOPALMITATE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	102.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	14610.0	15400.0	0.64	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCOLATE-OXIDASE	0	Cotyledon	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.