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Helianthus annuus

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 18 constituent measurements for Helianthus annuus. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Helianthus annuus L.

18Constituent measurements

0Safety records

1Cited sources

156Licensed products (Canada)

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 156 licensed products naming Helianthus annuus as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Source material stated

Flower
Fruit Shell
Graine
Helianthus annuus
Helianthus annuus - Seed
Helianthus annuus - flower
Helianthus annuus - oil
Mature flower head(s)

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Ayapin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 4.44 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Ayapin	Flower	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.1 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Ayapin	Flower	Solvent extraction	≤ 20 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Ayapin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.02 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Ayapin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.39 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Ayapin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.89 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopoletin	Flower	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.1 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopoletin	Flower	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.9 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopoletin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.1 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopoletin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 1.08 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopoletin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.23 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopoletin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 1.51 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopolin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≤ 79.45 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopolin	Seed	Solvent extraction	≥ 21.09 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopolin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≤ 38.43 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopolin	Leaves	Solvent extraction	≥ 4.35 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopolin	Flower	Solvent extraction	≤ 150 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI
Scopolin	Flower	Solvent extraction	≥ 0.1 Microgram/gram	High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC)	Resolve DOI

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Prats, E., Bazzalo, ME., Leon, A., Jorrin, JV. Fungitoxic effect of scopolin and related coumarins on Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. A way to overcome sunflower head rot. Euphytica, 2006, vol. 147, no. 3, p. 451-460. DOI

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