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

Common Names
Sunflower; Girasol
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil 622.0 0.22 *
ANNUITHRIN 2 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
ANNUITHRIN 2 Shoot 40.0 *
ARABINOSE 0 Seed *
ARGININE 14 Seed 24030.0 82000.0 2.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARGOPHYLLIN-A 2 Leaf *
ARGOPHYLLIN-B 2 Leaf 176.0 *
ARNIDIOL 1 Flower *
ARTEMISIA-KETONE 0 Flower 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.
ASH 0 Seed 26000.0 49300.0 0.04 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 24460.0 25800.0 0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AYAPIN 0 Root *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Fruit *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 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.
BENZOIC-ACID-PENTYL 0 Plant *
BENZOIC-ACID-PENTYL-ESTER 0 Flower *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Seed *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.3 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
BETA-PINENE 13 Flower 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.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed 3490.0 3510.0 0.72 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 4 *
NO-Genic 3 *
NO-Inhibitor 4 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P21-Inducer 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 *
P450-Inducer 3 *
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.