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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID 0 Stem *
(-)-ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER 0 Flower *
(-)-ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-19-DIOL 0 Flower *
(-)-ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-OL 0 Flower *
(-)-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID 3 Flower *
(-)-TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER 0 Flower *
1,2-ANHYDRIDO-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A 0 Leaf 161.0 *
1,2-ANHYDRIDO-NIVEUSIN-A 0 Leaf 228.0 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 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.
1-METHOXY-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A 0 Leaf 207.0 *
1-O-METHYL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A 0 Leaf 207.0 *
1-O-METHYL-HEMI-KETAL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A 0 Leaf 207.0 *
12N-TRICOSANE 0 Seed *
15-BETA-HYDROXY-TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Flower *
15-HYDROXY-3-DEHYDRO-DEOXY-FRUTICIN 0 Leaf 78.0 *
15-HYDROXY-DEOXY-3-DEHYDRO-FRUTICIN 0 Leaf *
17-HYDROXY-ENT-ISOKAUR-15(16)-EN-19-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Pollen Or Spore *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Flower *
23-DEHYDRO-BETA-SITOSTEROL 0 Pollen Or Spore *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bronchorrheic 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.
Bronchostimulant 1 Martindale's 28th
Bruchifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Bruchiphobe 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist 7 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 45 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 9 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 2 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 7 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac 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.
Cardiodepressant 1 *
Cardioprotective 10 *
Cardiotonic 1 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Cardiovascular 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.