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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARACHIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Seed | 31280.0 | 37022.0 | 0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Leaf | 980.0 | 4558.0 | -0.02 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Seed | 0.0 | 190.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Leaf | 16000.0 | 74000.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Plant | 73000.0 | 116000.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASH | 0 | Seed | 16000.0 | 28000.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Seed | 31900.0 | 36968.0 | 1.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BEHENIC-ACID | 1 | Seed | 15246.0 | 16332.0 | 0.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Leaf | 77.0 | 360.0 | 0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Seed | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIOTIN | 4 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Seed | 5.0 | 18.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Seed | not available | 11.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Leaf | 2620.0 | 21500.0 | 0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 9300.0 | 31500.0 | 1.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 560.0 | 969.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRYLIC-ACID | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |