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
PHYTIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Seed	5340.0	5642.0	0.90	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	6890.0	7280.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	11820.0	12500.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
PROPIOVANILLONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	135000.0	248615.0	0.13	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	327350.0	345900.0	1.83	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	100.0	400.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	60.0	210.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE	2	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.
QUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	22.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUINIC-ACID	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Pericarp	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	2.0	3.0	-0.20	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
RUBBER	0	Leaf	not available	5500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBBER	0	Shoot	not available	2600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIXANTHIN	1	Flower	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.
SABINENE	5	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.

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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
Antimutagenic	18	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antimyoclonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antinauseant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic	8	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinociceptive	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	2	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiobesity	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiodontalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiophidic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	3	Martindale's 28th