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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Oil | not available | 622.0 | 0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANNUITHRIN | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| ANNUITHRIN | 2 | Shoot | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARABINOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | 24030.0 | 82000.0 | 2.43 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ARGOPHYLLIN-A | 2 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGOPHYLLIN-B | 2 | Leaf | not available | 176.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARNIDIOL | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARTEMISIA-KETONE | 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. |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 26000.0 | 49300.0 | 0.04 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 24460.0 | 25800.0 | 0.29 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| AYAPIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 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. |
| BENZOIC-ACID-PENTYL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOIC-ACID-PENTYL-ESTER | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-AMYRIN | 9 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.41 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | 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. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Seed | 3490.0 | 3510.0 | 0.72 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| 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 * |