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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
SABINOL 5 Flower *
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 1.0 -0.33 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
SERINE 1 Seed 10750.0 11400.0 0.16 *
SFA 0 Seed 51950.0 54900.0 -0.04 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID 14 Seed *
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Seed 4800.0 5700.0 1.73 Jim Duke's personal files.
SODIUM 1 Seed 30.0 32.0 -0.66 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
STACHYOSE 1 Seed *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 9000.0 28000.0 0.04 *
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed 610.0 650.0 0.30 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCCINIC-ACID 7 Leaf *
SUCROSE 14 Flower *
SULFUR 14 Seed 2574.0 4880.0 1.33 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Seed 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.
TARAXANTHIN 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.
TARAXASTEROL 2 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.
TARTARIC-ACID 6 Seed 1900.0 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 9 *
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 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic 1 *
Edemagenic 1 *
Elastase-Inhibitor 1 *
Emetic 2 *
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 *
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 *
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.