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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
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 149000.0 693000.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 668000.0 717000.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 161800.0 377000.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed 20000.0 50000.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
CEREBRONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed not available 12.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available 0.1 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-10-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-11-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXY-4-ISOPENTENYLSTILBENE 2 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-RESVERATROL 3 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
CONARACHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONGLUTIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 8.6 11.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 3290.0 3580.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
D,L-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 0 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
Antileukotriene-D4 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimigraine 5 Martindale's 29th
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.