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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
3-KETO-15-HYDROXY-DEOXY-FRUTICIN 0 Shoot 45.0 *
4,5-DIHYDRO-8,9-DEHYDRO-THEASPIRONE 0 Flower *
4,5-DIHYDRO-NIVEUSIN-A 0 Leaf *
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed *
6-ALPHA,7-ALPHA-17-TETRAHYDROXY 0 Plant *
7,24-STIGMASTADIEN-3BETA-OL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
7-ALPHA,16-BETA-17-TRIHYDROXY 0 Plant *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL 0 Seed *
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ACETIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Flower *
ACETOIN 0 Flower *
ACONITIC-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.
AGROPHYLLIN-A 0 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.
AGROPHYLLIN-B 0 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.
ALANINE 3 Seed 11170.0 11800.0 0.35 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALL-TRANS-LUTEIN-EPOXIDE 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.
ALPHA-AMYRIN 10 Seed *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ALPHA-TERPINENE 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.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Flower *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Termiticide 4 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Thyrotropic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 *
Toxic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 7 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 6 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Trypanocide 1 *
Trypsin-Enhancer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 2 *