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
RUBIDIUM	0	Seed	not available	13.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Seed	not available	18.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SARKOSIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	12710.0	15362.0	0.92	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Seed	68230.0	81740.0	0.22	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	14.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	40.0	260.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
SPHINGOGLYCOLIPID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	10980.0	13760.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
STERCULIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIZOLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Seed	not available	2100.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	51.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	2.3	11.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	6.0	17.0	2.49	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	7430.0	9570.0	0.32	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).