Plant Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Sunflower; Girasol

How this plant is used

Food

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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
3-KETO-15-HYDROXY-DEOXY-FRUTICIN	0	Shoot	not available	45.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,5-DIHYDRO-8,9-DEHYDRO-THEASPIRONE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,5-DIHYDRO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-ALPHA,7-ALPHA-17-TETRAHYDROXY	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7,24-STIGMASTADIEN-3BETA-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
7-ALPHA,16-BETA-17-TRIHYDROXY	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOIN	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACONITIC-ACID	1	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.
AGROPHYLLIN-A	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.
AGROPHYLLIN-B	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.
ALANINE	3	Seed	11170.0	11800.0	0.35	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALL-TRANS-LUTEIN-EPOXIDE	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.
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
ALPHA-TERPINENE	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.
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antibacillus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	32	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	4	Martindale's 28th
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	12	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	3	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.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).