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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 89000.0 350000.0 2.08 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 690.0 730.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LOLIOLIDE 2 Flower *
LUPEOL 21 Shoot 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.
LUTEIN 15 Flower *
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE 0 Flower *
LYSINE 4 Seed 9370.0 9900.0 -0.30 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 3540.0 5176.0 0.88 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Leaf 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.
MALONIC-ACID 1 Leaf 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.
MALTOSE 2 Flower *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 20.0 21.0 -0.41 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MELOBIOSE 0 Flower *
MENTHOL 63 Flower Essent. Oil 235000.0 310000.0 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 4940.0 20500.0 4.18 *
METHYL-ACETATE 3 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.
MUFA 13 Seed 94620.0 100000.0 -0.07 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 500.0 900.0 -0.28 *
MYRTENAL 5 Flower *
N-DOCOSANE 0 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pediculicide 1 *
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 24 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 2 *
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Pesticide 58 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Phytohormonal 3 Russell, G. B., Phytochemical resources for crop protection, N. Z. J. Technol., 2, 1986, 127-134.
Pigment 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *