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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
11-EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-HYDROPEROXY-CIS-9,TRANS-11-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-HYDROPEROXY-TRANS-9,TRANS-11-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
15-DOCOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLENEPROLINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXYCHROMONE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9,10-DIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 10390.0 12137.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEPHALIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 30.0 110.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-RESORCYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil not available 89.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed 83.0 116.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed not available 14.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 11803.0 12644.0 0.58 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
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197.
Antisclerodermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiseptic 12 Martindale's 28th
Antiserotonin 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 4 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 10 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 73.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
AntiSpina-Bifida 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisprue 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistaphylococcic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.