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
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.)

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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