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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SABINOL | 5 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 10750.0 | 11400.0 | 0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SFA | 0 | Seed | 51950.0 | 54900.0 | -0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SHIKIMIC-ACID | 14 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | 4800.0 | 5700.0 | 1.73 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 30.0 | 32.0 | -0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SQUALENE | 10 | 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. |
| STACHYOSE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 9000.0 | 28000.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Seed | 2574.0 | 4880.0 | 1.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | 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. |
| TARAXANTHIN | 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. |
| TARAXASTEROL | 2 | 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. |
| TARTARIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | 1900.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| 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 * |