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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
23-DEHYDRO-CAMPESTANOL	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
23-DEHYDRO-CHOLESTEROL	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-ETHYL-24(25)-DEHYDROLATHOSTEROL	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.
24-ETHYL-CHOLESTEROL	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.
24-ETHYL-TRANS-22-DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL	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.
24-ETHYLLATHOSTEROL	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.
24-METHYL-CHOLESTEROL	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.
24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL	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.
24-METHYL-TRANS-22-DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL	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.
24-METHYLENE-25-METHYLCHOLESTEROL	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.
24-METHYLENE-CHOLESTANOL	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Stitt, Paul. Why George should eat broccoli.
24Z-ETHYLIDENECHOLESTEROL	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.
24Z-ETHYLIDENELATHOSTEROL	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.
25-DEHYDRO-SITOSTANOL	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
28-ISOAVENASTEROL	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ETHOXY-NIVEUSIN-B	Leaf	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-ETHOXYNIVEUSIN-A	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.
3-HYDROXY-3,4-SECO-DAMMARA-4,24-DIENE	Pollen Or Spore	not available	79.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-HYDROXY-DEOXY-3-DEHYDRO-FRUTICIN	Leaf	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
Vitamin-A-Activity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	6	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.