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Common Names
Sunflower; Girasol
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-EICOSANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HENEICOSANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HENTRIACONTANE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEPTACOSANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEPTADECANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEXACOSANE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEXADECANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONADECANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTADECANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-PENTACOSANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TETRACOSANE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TRIDEC-2-ONE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 45.0 | 48.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIVEUSIN-B | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIVEUSIN-C | 2 | Leaf | not available | 114.0 | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| NUCLEIN | 0 | Seed | not available | 5100.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| O-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID | 0 | 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. |
| OLEANOLIC-ACID | 64 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Tumorigenic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 7 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 3 | Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93. |
| Uricogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Uricosuric | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 2 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Uterotonic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 10 | Martindale's 29th |
| Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Vibriocide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |