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Common Names
Sunflower; Girasol
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYTIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | 5340.0 | 5642.0 | 0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 6890.0 | 7280.0 | -0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 11820.0 | 12500.0 | 0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROPIOVANILLONE | 0 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 135000.0 | 248615.0 | 0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Seed | 327350.0 | 345900.0 | 1.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Flower | 100.0 | 400.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | 60.0 | 210.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | 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. |
| QUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Pollen Or Spore | not available | 22.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUINIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RAFFINOSE | 1 | Pericarp | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 2.0 | 3.0 | -0.20 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
| RUBBER | 0 | Leaf | not available | 5500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBBER | 0 | Shoot | not available | 2600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUBIXANTHIN | 1 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| SABINENE | 5 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antifibrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglycosation | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antigoiter | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigrey | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 2 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |