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
(-)-ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-19-DIOL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-KAUR-16-EN-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 *
1,2-ANHYDRIDO-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	161.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,2-ANHYDRIDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	228.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	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.
1-METHOXY-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	207.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-METHYL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	207.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-O-METHYL-HEMI-KETAL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	207.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
12N-TRICOSANE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
15-BETA-HYDROXY-TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
15-HYDROXY-3-DEHYDRO-DEOXY-FRUTICIN	0	Leaf	not available	78.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
15-HYDROXY-DEOXY-3-DEHYDRO-FRUTICIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
17-HYDROXY-ENT-ISOKAUR-15(16)-EN-19-OIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL	0	Pollen Or Spore	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
23-DEHYDRO-BETA-SITOSTEROL	0	Pollen Or Spore	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
Anticold	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplement	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	7	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary	6	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCorpus-Luteum	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCRP	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	3	A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidecubitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	8	Martindale's 29th
Antidepressant	8	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidepressant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic	4	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.