botanical record · discovered
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Sunflower · Girasol · Acahual · Almindelig solsikke · Annual Sunflower · Auringonkukka · Aycicegi · Beni anyi · Blodau'r Haul · Blodyn yr Haul · Bunga Matahari · Chirasol · Common Sunflower · Common sunflower · Einjaehrige Sonnenblume · Floarea soarelui
At a glance
Origin / distribution: India(Santal), US, Haiti, Mexico, UK, US(Amerindian), Venezuela, South America
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Aftosa, Anodyne, Antiseptic, Aphrodisiac
Science studied: ABSCISIC-ACID, ACETIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER, ACONITIC-ACID, ALANINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Asteraceae
Scientific name: Helianthus annuus
Common names: Sunflower, Girasol, Acahual, Almindelig solsikke, Annual Sunflower, Auringonkukka, Aycicegi, Beni anyi, Blodau'r Haul, Blodyn yr Haul, Bunga Matahari, Chirasol, Common Sunflower, Common sunflower, Einjaehrige Sonnenblume, Floarea soarelui
History
The source record documents this plant in India(Santal), US, Haiti, Mexico, UK, US(Amerindian), Elsewhere, Venezuela and 7 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Aftosa
- Anodyne
- Antiseptic
- Aphrodisiac
- Bite(Snake)
- Bite(Tiger)
- Blindness
- Bronchial
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- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Carbuncle
- Catarrh
- Cold
- Colic
- Cough
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Emollient
- Epistaxis
- Expectorant
- Eye
- Fever
- Fracture
- Hair-Oil
- Homeopathy
- Inflammation
- Insecticide
- Laryngeal
- Laryngitis
- Lung
- Malaria
- Menorrhagia
- Pleuritis
- Pulmonary
- Respiratory
- Soap
- Splenitis
- Urogenital
- Whitlow
- Dysuria
- Antidote(Scorpion)
- Bactericide
- Bronchiectasis
- Deobstruent
- Diarrhea
- Flu
- Post-Natal
- Preventitive(Malaria)
- Rheumatism
- Sore
- Wound
- Shampoo
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- India(Santal)
- US
- Haiti
- Mexico
- UK
- US(Amerindian)
- Elsewhere
- Venezuela
- South America
- Turkey
- Iraq
- US(Blackfoot)
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- Dominican Republic
- Spain
- Kurdistan
Documented cultural uses
- Aftosa
- Anodyne
- Antiseptic
- Aphrodisiac
- Bite(Snake)
- Bite(Tiger)
- Blindness
- Bronchial
- Bronchitis
- Cancer
- Carbuncle
- Catarrh
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- Cold
- Colic
- Cough
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Emollient
- Epistaxis
- Expectorant
- Eye
- Fever
- Fracture
- Hair-Oil
- Homeopathy
- Inflammation
- Insecticide
- Laryngeal
- Laryngitis
- Lung
- Malaria
- Menorrhagia
- Pleuritis
- Pulmonary
- Respiratory
- Soap
- Splenitis
- Urogenital
- Whitlow
- Dysuria
- Antidote(Scorpion)
- Bactericide
- Bronchiectasis
- Deobstruent
- Diarrhea
- Flu
- Post-Natal
- Preventitive(Malaria)
- Rheumatism
- Sore
- Wound
- Shampoo
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ABSCISIC-ACID
- ACETIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER
- ACONITIC-ACID
- ALANINE
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- ANNUITHRIN
- ARABINOSE
- ARGININE
- ARGOPHYLLIN-B
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- AYAPIN
- BEHENIC-ACID
- BORNEOL-ACETATE
- BRASSICASTEROL
- BREIN
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- DELTA-CADINOL
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CALENDULADIOL
- CAMPEST-7-EN-BETA-OL
- CAPRIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CASTASTERONE
- CEPHALIN
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHOLINE
- CILIARIC-ACID
- CINNAMIC-ACID
- CITRAL
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CUTIN
- P-CYMENE
- DAUCIC-ACID
- DECA-2,5-DIEN-1-AL
- 5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL
- 23-DEHYDRO-CHOLESTEROL
- 25-DEHYDRO-SITOSTANOL
- DEMETHOXY-ENCECALIN
- DEMETHOXY-ENCECALOL
- 4,5-DIHYDRO-NIVEUSIN-A
- DIHYDRO-PHASEIC-ACID
- DIOXINDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID
- N-DOCOSANE
- N-EICOSANE
- ENT-ATISAN-16-ALPHA-OL
- ENT-ATISAN-16-BETA-OL
- ENT-ISO-KAUR-15(16)-EN-19-OIC-ACID
- ENT-TRACHYLOBAN-19-AL
- ERYTHRODIOL
- 3-ETHOXYNIVEUSIN-A
- 24-ETHYLLATHOSTEROL
- 24-ETHYL-CHOLESTEROL
- 24-ETHYL-24(25)-DEHYDROLATHOSTEROL
- 24Z-ETHYLIDENECHOLESTEROL
- EUGENOL
- FARADIOL
- FERULIC-ACID
- FIBER
- GALACTOSE
- GERANIOL-ACETONE
- GIBBERELLINS
- GLYCEROL-ALPHA-MONOPALMITATE
- GLYCOLATE-OXIDASE
- GOSSYPOL
- HELIANTHOSIDE-A
- HELIANTRIOLS
- HELIANTRIOL-C
- HELIANTRIOL-F
- HEMICELLULOSE
- N-HENTRIACONTANE
- N-HEPTACOSANE
- N-HEXACOSANE
- N-HEXADECANE
- HEXAN-1-AL
- HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL
- HISPIDULIN
- HISTAMINE
- O-HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID
- P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- 15-HYDROXY-DEOXY-3-DEHYDRO-FRUTICIN
- 15-HYDROXY-3-DEHYDRO-DEOXY-FRUTICIN
- 17-HYDROXY-ENT-ISOKAUR-15(16)-EN-19-OIC-ACID
- 15-BETA-HYDROXY-TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- IODINE
- IRON
- ISOFERULIC-ACID
- ISOFUCOSTEROL
- ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN
- LACTIC-ACID
- LECITHIN
- LEUCINE
- LEUCENOPINE-LACTAM
- LINALOOL
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LUTEIN
- CIS-9'-LUTEIN
- LUTEIN-EPOXIDE
- CIS-13'-LUTEIN-EPOXIDE
- CIS-5,6-LUTEIN-EPOXIDE
- ALL-TRANS-LUTEIN-EPOXIDE
- MAGNESIUM
- MALIC-ACID
- MALTOSE
- MANGANESE
- MELOBIOSE
- METHIONINE
- 1-METHOXY-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A
- 24-METHYL-CHOLESTEROL
- 24-METHYL-TRANS-22-DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL
- 1-O-METHYL-HEMI-KETAL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A
- 2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL
- 24-METHYLENE-25-METHYLCHOLESTEROL
- 24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL
- MUFA
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- NEO-CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- NIVEUSIN-C
- N-NONACOSANE
- N-OCTADECANE
- PECTIN
- N-PENTACOSANE
- PERILLYL-ACETATE
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE
- PHYTIC-ACID
- PHYTIN
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- PROLINE
- PROPIOVANILLONE
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- QUINIC-ACID
- RAFFINOSE
- RUBBER
- SABINENE
- SFA
- STACHYOSE
- 7,24-STIGMASTADIEN-3BETA-OL
- STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- TARAXANTHIN
- TARTARIC-ACID
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- 6-ALPHA,7-ALPHA-17-TETRAHYDROXY
- THREONINE
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- DELTA-TOCOPHEROL
- GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL
- 12N-TRICOSANE
- N-TRIDEC-2-ONE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- URONIC-ACID
- VANILLIN
- VERBENONE
- CIS-13-VIOLAXANTHIN
- CIS-XANTHOXIN
- ZINC
- TRANS-5,6-LUTEIN-EPOXIDE
- TRANS-ABSCISIC-ACID
- AGROPHYLLIN-A
- BETA-AMYRIN
- ARGOPHYLLIN-A
- ARTEMISIA-KETONE
- CRYPTOXANTHIN
- CYCLOARTENOL
- DAUCOSTEROL
- 7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL
- 23-DEHYDRO-BETA-SITOSTEROL
- 24Z-ETHYLIDENELATHOSTEROL
- FRUCTOSE
- GALACTURONIC-ACID
- GRANDIFLORIC-ACID
- ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID
- ISOMENTHOL
- 3-KETO-15-HYDROXY-DEOXY-FRUTICIN
- MYRTENAL
- NIVEUSIN-B
- OLEIC-ACID
- PENTAN-2-ONE
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- ACETOIN
- AGROPHYLLIN-B
- 1,2-ANHYDRIDO-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A
- ARNIDIOL
- DELTA-7-AVENASTEROL
- BENZOIC-ACID-PENTYL-ESTER
- BRASSINOLIDE
- CAMPESTEROL
- CAMPHOLENAL
- CAPROIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- CELLULOSE
- CHOLESTEROL
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- CUMIN-ALCOHOL
- CYSTEINE
- 23-DEHYDRO-CAMPESTANOL
- 4,5-DIHYDRO-8,9-DEHYDRO-THEASPIRONE
- ECHINOCYSTIC-ACID
- ENT-15-BEYERAN-19-OIC-ACID
- ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-AL
- EO
- 3-ETHOXY-NIVEUSIN-B
- 24-ETHYL-TRANS-22-DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL
- FAT
- FUMARIC-ACID
- GLUCOSE
- GLYCINE
- N-HENEICOSANE
- N-HEPTADECANE
- HEXAHYDRO-2H-AZEPIN-2-ONE
- HISTIDINE
- 3-HYDROXY-DEOXY-3-DEHYDRO-FRUTICIN
- HYMENOXIN
- 28-ISOAVENASTEROL
- LEUCENOPINE
- LUPEOL
- LYSINE
- MALONIC-ACID
- METHYL-ACETATE
- 1-O-METHYL-4,5-DIHYDO-NIVEUSIN-A
- 2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-SERINE
- POTASSIUM
- QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE
- RHAMNOSE
- SABINOL
- SHIKIMIC-ACID
- SQUALENE
- SULFUR
- TERPINEN-1-EN-4-OL
- TOCOPHEROL
- TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID
- 7-ALPHA,16-BETA-17-TRIHYDROXY
- VALINE
- VIOLAXANTHIN
- WAX
- 3-HYDROXY-3,4-SECO-DAMMARA-4,24-DIENE
- LINALYL-ACETATE
- N-NONADECANE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- N-TETRACOSANE
- 1,2-ANHYDRIDO-NIVEUSIN-A
- CALCIUM
- HELIANTRIOL-B
- KILOCALORIES
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- LIGNIN
- SINAPIC-ACID
- COPPER
- ISOLEUCINE
- BORNEOL
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- JASMONIC-ACID
- LIMONENE
- LOLIOLIDE
- MENTHOL
- (-)-ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID
- (-)-ENT-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER
- (-)-ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-19-DIOL
- (-)-ENT-KAURAN-16-BETA-OL
- (-)-KAUR-16-EN-19-OIC-ACID
- (-)-TRACHYLOBAN-19-OIC-ACID-THUJANOL-ESTER
- 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL
- CITRIC-ACID
- GLUTAMINIC-ACID
- LIGNOCERIC-ACID
- NIACIN
- NUCLEIN
- OLEANOLIC-ACID
- PECTOLINARIGENIN
- PENTOSANS
- PHOSPHORUS
- PROTEIN
- PUFA
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SCOPOLETIN
- SERINE
- SODIUM
- STIGMASTEROL
- SYRINGIC-ACID
- TARAXASTEROL
- TERPINYL-ACETATE
- TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- TIGITANIN-A
- TYROSINE
- WATER
- GADOLEIC-ACID
- HELIANGIN
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PHYLLOQUINONE
- PHYTATE
- RUBIXANTHIN
- SALICYLATES
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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