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Plant Arachis hypogaea (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Groundnut; Peanut
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 23 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiLegionella 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric 2 Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 4 Duke, 1992 *