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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Neurotransmitter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nociceptive | 1 | 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. |
| Occuloirritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Odontolytic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Ophthalmic-Antialkali | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 6 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| Paralytic | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |