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
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	149000.0	693000.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Plant	668000.0	717000.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	161800.0	377000.0	-0.58	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Seed	20000.0	50000.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
CEREBRONIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID	77	Seed	not available	12.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE	20	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL	7	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-10-OCTADECENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-11-OCTADECENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXY-4-ISOPENTENYLSTILBENE	2	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-RESVERATROL	3	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Seed	0.0	0.1	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
CONARACHIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CONGLUTIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	8.6	11.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	3290.0	3580.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
D,L-AMINOBUTYRIC-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
Choleretic	8	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	2	Martindale's 28th
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Inhibitor	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.
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	2	Martindale's 29th
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	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
Copper-Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *