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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
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
Calcium-Antagonist 3 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 35 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 6 Martindale's 28th
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 3 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac 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.
Cardiodepressant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 12 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular 2 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive 6 Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue 3 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.