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
(-)-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 *
(-)-KAUR-16-EN-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 *
1,2-ANHYDRIDO-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	161.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-ANHYDRIDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	228.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	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.
1-METHOXY-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	207.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-METHYL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	207.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-METHYL-HEMI-KETAL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	207.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12N-TRICOSANE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
15-BETA-HYDROXY-TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
15-HYDROXY-3-DEHYDRO-DEOXY-FRUTICIN	0	Leaf	not available	78.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
15-HYDROXY-DEOXY-3-DEHYDRO-FRUTICIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
17-HYDROXY-ENT-ISOKAUR-15(16)-EN-19-OIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
23-DEHYDRO-BETA-SITOSTEROL	0	Pollen Or Spore	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
Antimalarial	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antimange	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiMD	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's	2	Martindale's 28th
Antimenopausal	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	5	Martindale's 28th
Antimite	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antimorphinistic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.