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
ISOFERULIC-ACID	4	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	9200.0	10680.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLINOLEIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOOLEIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	690.0	3210.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	3030.0	6074.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN	20	Seed	5000.0	7000.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	16960.0	20653.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Seed	5409.0	5795.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	155300.0	183655.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *
LUETOLIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	9390.0	10627.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	3500.0	8700.0	1.44	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	1700.0	2110.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
MALVALIC-ACID	0	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).