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
DAUCOSTEROL	5	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-2,5-DIEN-1-AL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL	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.
DELTA-CADINOL	1	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL	4	Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXY-ENCECALIN	0	Root	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXY-ENCECALOL	0	Root	not available	19.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDRO-PHASEIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIOXINDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ECHINOCYSTIC-ACID	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.
ENT-15-BEYERAN-19-OIC-ACID	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.
ENT-ATISAN-16-ALPHA-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ENT-ATISAN-16-BETA-OL	0	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ENT-ISO-KAUR-15(16)-EN-19-OIC-ACID	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.
ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-AL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
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 *
ENT-TRACHYLOBAN-19-AL	0	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
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepitheleomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	5	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic	2	Martindale's 28th