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Plant Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Sunflower; Girasol
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECA-2,5-DIEN-1-AL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL 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.
DELTA-CADINOL 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL 4 Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXY-ENCECALIN 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXY-ENCECALOL 0 Root not available 19.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDRO-PHASEIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOXINDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ECHINOCYSTIC-ACID 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.
ENT-15-BEYERAN-19-OIC-ACID 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.
ENT-ATISAN-16-ALPHA-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-ATISAN-16-BETA-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-ISO-KAUR-15(16)-EN-19-OIC-ACID 0 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.
ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-19-DIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-TRACHYLOBAN-19-AL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *