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
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 *