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
DAUCOSTERIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSENIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSAMONOENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSANIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELIPHATIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	6000.0	28000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	22000.0	95000.0	0.63	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	194800.0	526834.0	1.38	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Seed	not available	45.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	46000.0	214000.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	201000.0	279000.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	11900.0	52383.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Seed	1.0	3.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GABA	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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).