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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOSSYPOL | 54 | Seed | not available | 10.0 | -0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GRANDIFLORIC-ACID | 6 | 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. |
| HELIANGIN | 1 | Plant | 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. |
| HELIANTHOSIDE-A | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HELIANTHOSIDES | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HELIANTRIOL-B | 0 | Flower | not available | 700.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HELIANTRIOL-C | 0 | Flower | not available | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HELIANTRIOL-F | 0 | Flower | not available | 5.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HELIANTRIOLS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| HEMICELLULOSE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEXAHYDRO-2H-AZEPIN-2-ONE | 3 | Sprout Seedling | 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. |
| HEXAN-1-AL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISPIDULIN | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| HISTAMINE | 18 | Tissue Culture | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HISTIDINE | 7 | Seed | 6320.0 | 20000.0 | 3.69 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYMENOXIN | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli. |
| IODINE | 12 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.27 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | 60.0 | 70.0 | -0.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |