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Plant Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Sunflower; Girasol
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DECA-2,5-DIEN-1-AL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL 1 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.
DELTA-CADINOL 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL 4 Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXY-ENCECALIN 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXY-ENCECALOL 0 Root not available 19.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDRO-PHASEIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIOXINDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ECHINOCYSTIC-ACID 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.
ENT-15-BEYERAN-19-OIC-ACID 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.
ENT-ATISAN-16-ALPHA-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-ATISAN-16-BETA-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-ISO-KAUR-15(16)-EN-19-OIC-ACID 0 Leaf 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.
ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-AL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-19-DIOL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-OL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ENT-TRACHYLOBAN-19-AL 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Toxic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 7 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Trypsin-Enhancer 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 2 Duke, 1992 *