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Common Names
Sunflower; Girasol
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYTIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | 5340.0 | 5642.0 | 0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 6890.0 | 7280.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 11820.0 | 12500.0 | 0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROPIOVANILLONE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 135000.0 | 248615.0 | 0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Seed | 327350.0 | 345900.0 | 1.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Flower | 100.0 | 400.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | 60.0 | 210.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | 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. |
| QUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 22.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUINIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 2.0 | 3.0 | -0.20 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| RUBBER | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBBER | 0 | Shoot | not available | 2600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIXANTHIN | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| SABINENE | 5 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Flatugenic | 3 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
| FLavor | 29 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| FPTase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungicide | 22 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastrosedative | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Gastrostimulant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Glaucomagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Goitrogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |