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Plant Helianthus annuus (Asteraceae)

Common Names
Sunflower; Girasol
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
N-EICOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HENEICOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXADECANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONADECANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRACOSANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIDEC-2-ONE 0 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 45.0 48.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
NIVEUSIN-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIVEUSIN-C 2 Leaf not available 114.0 not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
NUCLEIN 0 Seed not available 5100.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
O-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID 0 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.
OLEANOLIC-ACID 64 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.
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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
Antidiabetic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Let's Live, May 1989.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Lead) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidrepanocytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric 1 Wealth of India.
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 4 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiedemic 13 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.