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
GOSSYPOL	54	Seed	not available	10.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
GRANDIFLORIC-ACID	6	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.
HELIANGIN	1	Plant	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.
HELIANTHOSIDE-A	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELIANTHOSIDES	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELIANTRIOL-B	0	Flower	not available	700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELIANTRIOL-C	0	Flower	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELIANTRIOL-F	0	Flower	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HELIANTRIOLS	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
HEMICELLULOSE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAHYDRO-2H-AZEPIN-2-ONE	3	Sprout Seedling	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.
HEXAN-1-AL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISPIDULIN	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
HISTAMINE	18	Tissue Culture	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	6320.0	20000.0	3.69	Duke, 1992 *
HYMENOXIN	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
IODINE	12	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.27	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
IRON	6	Seed	60.0	70.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID	4	Plant	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.