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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Oil	not available	622.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ANNUITHRIN	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ANNUITHRIN	2	Shoot	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	24030.0	82000.0	2.43	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGOPHYLLIN-A	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGOPHYLLIN-B	2	Leaf	not available	176.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARNIDIOL	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARTEMISIA-KETONE	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.
ASH	0	Seed	26000.0	49300.0	0.04	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	24460.0	25800.0	0.29	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AYAPIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	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.
BENZOIC-ACID-PENTYL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-PENTYL-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.0	0.3	-0.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-PINENE	13	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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	3490.0	3510.0	0.72	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)

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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
COX-2-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytoprotective	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.
Cytotoxic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Decongestant	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Decongestant?	1	Eccles, R., et al. 1989. The effects of oral administration of (-)-menthol on nasal resistance to airflow and nasal sensation of airflow in subjects suffering from nasal congestion associated with the common cold. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 652-654, 1990.
Degranulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Demulcent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice	1	Martindale's 29th
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	2	Merck 11th Edition
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.