ABSTRACT
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is a genus of plants comprising about 70 species. It is famous for its unique nature of heliotropism and is the world’s most important source of oil. Around the world, sunflower production is 31.1m tons,with more than 26 ha under sunflower cultivation. Sunflower stalks have been used as fuel, fodder for livestock, food for poultry, and ensilage. Sunflower seeds were and still are eaten raw, roasted, cooked, dried, and ground, and used as a source of oil. Helianthus annuus L. contains carbohydrate, flavonoids, tannins, alkaloids,saponins, physterols, steroids and fixed oils. It also has efficient quantities ofantioxidants like tocopherols etc. to produce free radical scavenging activity.Various techniques such as mechanical extraction, solvent extraction, traditional extraction and super critical fluid extraction are used to obtain the oil from the seeds. ). Its oil is also effective in some disease or physiological changes such as;block thrombosis at sites of vascular injury, inhibit pathologic platelet vascular interactions associated with atherosclerosis, maintenance of the immune.
Table of Contents
Abstract
Chapter One
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Description of sunflower plant
1.2 Scientific classification
Chapter Two
2.0 Origin of sunflower plants
2.1 Spread of sunflower plants
2.2 Uses of sunflower plant
Chapter Three
3.0 Sunflower seed and its compositions
3.1 Sunflower oil: Compositions and health benefits
3.2 Method of oil extraction
3.2.1 Traditional extraction of seed oil
3.2.2 Solvent extraction of seed oil
3.3 Medicinal uses of sunflower oil
Chapter four
4.0 Conclusion
4.1 Recommendation
4.2 References
Jibrin, L. (2018). A Review on the Medicinal Uses of Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) Oil. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/my-seminar
Jibrin, Lukeman "A Review on the Medicinal Uses of Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) Oil" Afribary. Afribary, 16 Nov. 2018, https://afribary.com/works/my-seminar. Accessed 02 Nov. 2024.
Jibrin, Lukeman . "A Review on the Medicinal Uses of Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) Oil". Afribary, Afribary, 16 Nov. 2018. Web. 02 Nov. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/my-seminar >.
Jibrin, Lukeman . "A Review on the Medicinal Uses of Sunflower (Helianthus Annuus) Oil" Afribary (2018). Accessed November 02, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/my-seminar