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
MANGANESE	14	Seed	11.0	30.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	2630.0	3430.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Seed	223280.0	261265.0	1.10	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	250.0	300.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	16.0	74.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	141.0	182.0	4.16	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Seed	not available	40000.0	1.32	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAHEXADECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAHEXADECENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID	4	Seed	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	217570.0	254065.0	1.11	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Seed	not available	20.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	14.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	51450.0	60615.0	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	90.0	4806.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	17.0	30.0	1.39	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).