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
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	89000.0	350000.0	2.08	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Seed	690.0	730.0	-0.57	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LOLIOLIDE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUPEOL	21	Shoot	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.
LUTEIN	15	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEIN-EPOXIDE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	9370.0	9900.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	3540.0	5176.0	0.88	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	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.
MALONIC-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.
MALTOSE	2	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	20.0	21.0	-0.41	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MELOBIOSE	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MENTHOL	63	Flower Essent. Oil	235000.0	310000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	4940.0	20500.0	4.18	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ACETATE	3	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.
MUFA	13	Seed	94620.0	100000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	500.0	900.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENAL	5	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-DOCOSANE	0	Seed	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
Anticarcinomic (Breast)	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	6	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	9	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichorea	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th