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Common Names
Sunflower; Girasol
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SABINOL | 5 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 10750.0 | 11400.0 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SFA | 0 | Seed | 51950.0 | 54900.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHIKIMIC-ACID | 14 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | 4800.0 | 5700.0 | 1.73 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 30.0 | 32.0 | -0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SQUALENE | 10 | 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. |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 9000.0 | 28000.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | 610.0 | 650.0 | 0.30 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| SUCCINIC-ACID | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Seed | 2574.0 | 4880.0 | 1.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 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. |
| TARAXANTHIN | 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. |
| TARAXASTEROL | 2 | 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. |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | 1900.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiperoxynitrite | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiPGE2 | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipharyngitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiphenylketonuric | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiphotophobic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipityriasic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiplaque | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiplasmodial | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiPMS | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipodriac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipolio | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antipoliomyelitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipolyneuritic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiporphyric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiprogesterone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiprolactin | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiproliferant | 8 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiprostaglandin | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |