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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Insecticide | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 22 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insectifuge? | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Insectiphile | 1 | J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. |
| Insulin-Sparing | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Insulinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157. |
| Insulinogenic | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interferonogenic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 124. |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Irritant | 19 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Juvabional | 7 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Keratolytic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Larvicide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Larvistat | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Laxative | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Laxative? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91. |
| Leptingenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Leucocytogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |