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
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.