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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-EICOSANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HENEICOSANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HENTRIACONTANE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEPTACOSANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEPTADECANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEXACOSANE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEXADECANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONADECANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTADECANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-PENTACOSANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TETRACOSANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TRIDEC-2-ONE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 45.0 | 48.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIVEUSIN-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIVEUSIN-C | 2 | Leaf | not available | 114.0 | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| NUCLEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 5100.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| O-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antisclerodermic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscoliotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisenility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antishock | 2 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisickling | 5 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisinusitic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antispasmodic | 25 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antispermatogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antisprue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistaphylococcic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisterility | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |