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
RUBIDIUM	0	Seed	not available	13.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN	87	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Seed	not available	18.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
SARKOSIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	12710.0	15362.0	0.92	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Seed	68230.0	81740.0	0.22	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SINAPIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	14.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	40.0	260.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
SPHINGOGLYCOLIPID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	10980.0	13760.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
STERCULIC-ACID	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIZOLAMINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Seed	not available	2100.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Seed	not available	51.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	2.3	11.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	6.0	17.0	2.49	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	7430.0	9570.0	0.32	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.