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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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *