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Plant 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
EO 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.
ERYTHRODIOL 0 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.
EUGENOL 76 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FARADIOL 2 Flower not available 7800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 222000.0 523800.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Pollen Or Spore 2.0 3.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 37550.0 323000.0 1.49 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 480.0 505.0 -0.66 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GALACTOSE 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Oil not available 27.0 -1.24 Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETONE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLINS 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINIC-ACID 0 Seed 55790.0 58900.0 not available USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCEROL-ALPHA-MONOPALMITATE 0 Pollen Or Spore not available 102.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 14610.0 15400.0 0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCOLATE-OXIDASE 0 Cotyledon not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antitussive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 19 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiurethrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 19 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivulvitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antixerotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiyeast 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.