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Common Names
Groundnut; Peanut
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 11.0 | 30.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MERCURY | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | 2630.0 | 3430.0 | -0.23 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MUFA | 13 | Seed | 223280.0 | 261265.0 | 1.10 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 250.0 | 300.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 16.0 | 74.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 141.0 | 182.0 | 4.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NITROGEN | 0 | Seed | not available | 40000.0 | 1.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONADECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAHEXADECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAHEXADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-COUMARIC-ACID | 4 | Seed | not available | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 217570.0 | 254065.0 | 1.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Seed | not available | 20.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | not available | 14.0 | 1.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 51450.0 | 60615.0 | 0.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | 90.0 | 4806.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PANTOTHENIC-ACID | 11 | Seed | 17.0 | 30.0 | 1.39 | 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. |