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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
11-EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-HYDROPEROXY-CIS-9,TRANS-11-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-HYDROPEROXY-TRANS-9,TRANS-11-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
15-DOCOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLENEPROLINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXYCHROMONE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9,10-DIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 10390.0 12137.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEPHALIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 30.0 110.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-RESORCYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil not available 89.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed 83.0 116.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed not available 14.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 11803.0 12644.0 0.58 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
Cosmetic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 6 Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Delta-9-Desaturase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermatitigenic 4 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Detoxicant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic 12 Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 1 Duke, 1992 *