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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRANS-10-OCTADECENOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXY-4-ISOPENTENYLSTILBENE | 2 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-RESVERATROL | 5 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRYPTOPHAN | 29 | Seed | 2540.0 | 3321.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Seed | 10630.0 | 13198.0 | 1.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALINE | 3 | Seed | 10970.0 | 12437.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Seed | not available | 43.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VIT-B-6 | 0 | Seed | 3.0 | 3.7 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Leaf | not available | 785000.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Plant | 628000.0 | 842000.0 | 0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Seed | 56000.0 | 422000.0 | 0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ZINC | 77 | Seed | 31.0 | 35.0 | -0.29 | 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. |