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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Seed *
PHYTIN 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 5340.0 5642.0 0.90 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 6890.0 7280.0 -0.47 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 11820.0 12500.0 0.23 *
PROPIOVANILLONE 0 Flower *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 135000.0 248615.0 0.13 *
PUFA 4 Seed 327350.0 345900.0 1.83 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower 100.0 400.0 -0.48 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf 60.0 210.0 -0.35 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 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.
QUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Pollen Or Spore 22.0 *
QUINIC-ACID 1 Seed *
RAFFINOSE 1 Pericarp *
RHAMNOSE 0 Seed *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 2.0 3.0 -0.20 Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
RUBBER 0 Leaf 5500.0 *
RUBBER 0 Shoot 2600.0 *
RUBIXANTHIN 1 Flower Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
SABINENE 5 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Preservative 2 Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 5 *
Propecic 4 *
Prostaglandigenic 5 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 6 *
Prostatitigenic 1 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 1 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Quinone-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Radioprotective 1 Martindale's 28th
Refrigerant 2 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.
Respirainhibitor 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Retinoprotectant Optometry 1 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition