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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Sunflower; Girasol
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
N-EICOSANE 0 Seed *
N-HENEICOSANE 0 Seed *
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Seed *
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Seed *
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Seed *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Seed *
N-HEXADECANE 0 Seed *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Seed *
N-NONADECANE 0 Seed *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Seed *
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Seed *
N-TETRACOSANE 0 Seed *
N-TRIDEC-2-ONE 0 Flower *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Seed *
NIACIN 39 Seed 45.0 48.0 0.15 *
NIVEUSIN-B 0 Leaf *
NIVEUSIN-C 2 Leaf 114.0 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 5100.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
O-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 Seed 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 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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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antistress 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisunburn 3 *
Antisyndrome-X 4 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
Antitartar 1 *
Antitestosterone 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
AntiTGF-beta 1 *
Antithalassemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antithiamin 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithrombotic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antithromboxane 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87.
Antithromboxane-B2 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
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiTNF 1 *
AntiTourette's 1 Martindale's 28th
Antitoxemic 1 *