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
ARACHIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	31280.0	37022.0	0.52	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	980.0	4558.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	0.0	190.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	16000.0	74000.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	73000.0	116000.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	16000.0	28000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	31900.0	36968.0	1.28	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed	15246.0	16332.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	77.0	360.0	0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.0	0.3	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	5.0	18.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Seed	not available	11.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	2620.0	21500.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	9300.0	31500.0	1.92	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	560.0	969.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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
Antinociceptive	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antioncychomycotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiophidic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	37	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant Synergist	1	Martindale's 29th
Antioxidant?	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).