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Plant Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Sunflower; Girasol
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
TERPINEN-1-EN-4-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINYL-ACETATE 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.
THIAMIN 31 Seed 22.0 24.0 4.16 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 9280.0 9805.0 0.37 Duke, 1992 *
TIGITANIN-A 0 Leaf 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.
TOCOPHEROL 93 Seed not available 34000.0 2.64 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
TRACHYLOBAN-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 *
TRANS-5,6-LUTEIN-EPOXIDE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID 0 Seed 500.0 700.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 3480.0 15900.0 4.29 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 6660.0 7035.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID 0 Pericarp 65000.0 77600.0 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.
VALINE 3 Seed 13150.0 50000.0 4.68 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Root not available 0.9 not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 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.
VERBENONE 5 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN 2 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *