Plant Arachis hypogaea (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Groundnut; Peanut

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ARACHIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	31280.0	37022.0	0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	980.0	4558.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	0.0	190.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	16000.0	74000.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	73000.0	116000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	16000.0	28000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	31900.0	36968.0	1.28	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	15246.0	16332.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	77.0	360.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.0	0.3	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	5.0	18.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Seed	not available	11.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	2620.0	21500.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	9300.0	31500.0	1.92	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	560.0	969.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-HT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	10	Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic	3	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic	5	Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).