Plant Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sunflower; Girasol

How this plant is used

Food

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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
EO	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.
ERYTHRODIOL	0	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.
EUGENOL	76	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARADIOL	2	Flower	not available	7800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	222000.0	523800.0	1.36	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Pollen Or Spore	2.0	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	37550.0	323000.0	1.49	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARIC-ACID	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	480.0	505.0	-0.66	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GALACTOSE	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTURONIC-ACID	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL	14	Oil	not available	27.0	-1.24	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GIBBERELLINS	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINIC-ACID	0	Seed	55790.0	58900.0	not available	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCEROL-ALPHA-MONOPALMITATE	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	102.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	14610.0	15400.0	0.64	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCOLATE-OXIDASE	0	Cotyledon	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypocholesterolemic	21	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic	11	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypokalemic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Hypolipemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	13	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic	2	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	8	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	9	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent	2	Duke, 1992 *