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
ISOFERULIC-ACID	4	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	9200.0	10680.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLINOLEIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOOLEIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	690.0	3210.0	0.31	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	3030.0	6074.0	0.95	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN	20	Seed	5000.0	7000.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	16960.0	20653.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID	1	Seed	5409.0	5795.0	0.20	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	155300.0	183655.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *
LUETOLIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	9390.0	10627.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	3500.0	8700.0	1.44	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	1700.0	2110.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
MALVALIC-ACID	0	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
Antiviral	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	9	Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
ATPase-Inhibitor	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.