Biofertilizers hold great promise for improving food production in sustainable agriculture by improving the quality and quantity of yields of some commercial crops, like sunflowers and other oilseed crops, while also being an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical-based fertilizers. A significant oilseed crop that originated in South America, sunflower is now grown all over the world. Sunflowers are often regarded as significant because of their nutritional and therapeutic qualities. Sunflower has been identified as a functional food or nutraceutical due to its positive health impacts, albeit its full potential has not yet been realized. Mineral elements and phytochemicals found in sunflower include dietary fiber, manganese, vitamins, α-tocopherol, triterpene glycosides, phenolic acids, flavonoids, peptides, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, alkaloids, and α-tocopherol.
tannins and saponins, and these substances support the development of their functional and nutraceutical properties. Sunflower extract is recognized as a possible source of antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antioxidant compounds that shield human cells from pathogenic microbes and reactive oxygen molecules. Additionally, a pharmacological study on sunflowers showed that they could treat a variety of illnesses. Sunflower has several health benefits, such as decreasing cholesterol, protecting the skin, controlling blood pressure and diabetes, and more. This review offers up-to-date information on the new organic farming method for producing sunflowers, their nutritional and health benefits, and their by-products as livestock feed and human food. It is prepared with appropriate citation to previously published work. The limitations of producing sunflowers are also explained. Soil ecology is threatened by current farming practices that use chemical pesticides and fertilizers for agricultural food production. Both humans and animals can obtain nutrient-dense food from sunflowers and their products. Eating seeds high in antioxidants, such as sunflower oil, can help scavenge free radicals that have the potential to cause human disease. such as cotton oil seed also used for sunflower.
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