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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
WATER	0	Seed	53600.0	72900.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
WAX	0	Pericarp	4200.0	4600.0	-1.00	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.
ZINC	77	Seed	46.0	54.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitriglyceride	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
Antitrypanosomic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	32	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colorectal)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Liver)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	7	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.