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
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	13560.0	15715.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
PHLORETIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPASE-D	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORIC-ACID-MONOESTERHYDROLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	820.0	3814.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	800.0	10000.0	3.08	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	2450.0	4248.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSETOLEIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	9100.0	17500.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	4210.0	7681.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
PRATENSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	11540.0	15362.0	0.79	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	44000.0	205000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	164000.0	262000.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	150000.0	275000.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Seed	not available	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	155340.0	183785.0	0.59	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	5.8	27.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	1.3	3.1	-0.16	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).