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
TERPINEN-1-EN-4-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINYL-ACETATE	5	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.
THIAMIN	31	Seed	22.0	24.0	4.16	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	9280.0	9805.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
TIGITANIN-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.
TOCOPHEROL	93	Seed	not available	34000.0	2.64	Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29.
TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-5,6-LUTEIN-EPOXIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID	0	Seed	500.0	700.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	3480.0	15900.0	4.29	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Seed	6660.0	7035.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ACID	0	Pericarp	65000.0	77600.0	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.
VALINE	3	Seed	13150.0	50000.0	4.68	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Root	not available	0.9	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	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.
VERBENONE	5	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VIOLAXANTHIN	2	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
Vitamin-A-Activity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	6	Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.