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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
EO 0 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.
ERYTHRODIOL 0 Shoot 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 *
FARADIOL 2 Flower 7800.0 *
FAT 0 Seed 222000.0 523800.0 1.36 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Pollen Or Spore 2.0 3.0 *
FIBER 15 Seed 37550.0 323000.0 1.49 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Flower *
FUMARIC-ACID 7 Leaf *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 480.0 505.0 -0.66 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GALACTOSE 1 Flower *
GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Flower *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Oil 27.0 -1.24 *
GERANIOL-ACETONE 0 Flower *
GIBBERELLINS 0 Seed *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed *
GLUTAMINIC-ACID 0 Seed 55790.0 58900.0 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCEROL-ALPHA-MONOPALMITATE 0 Pollen Or Spore 102.0 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 14610.0 15400.0 0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCOLATE-OXIDASE 0 Cotyledon *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Apoptotic 8 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 *
Avicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bacteristat 4 *
Barbituate-Synergist 2 *
Beta-Blocker 3 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bradycardic 1 Martindale's 28th
Bronchoconstrictor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchomucolytic 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 200.
Bronchomucotropic 1 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.