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
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	89000.0	350000.0	2.08	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	690.0	730.0	-0.57	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LOLIOLIDE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	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.
LUTEIN	15	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	9370.0	9900.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	3540.0	5176.0	0.88	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Leaf	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.
MALONIC-ACID	1	Leaf	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.
MALTOSE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	20.0	21.0	-0.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MELOBIOSE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Flower Essent. Oil	235000.0	310000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	4940.0	20500.0	4.18	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ACETATE	3	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.
MUFA	13	Seed	94620.0	100000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	500.0	900.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL	5	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-DOCOSANE	0	Seed	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
Diaphoretic?	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Disinfectant	1	Martindale's 29th
Diuretic	9	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Elastase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	2	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Epileptigenic	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.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Essential	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	8	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.
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.