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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
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 5230.0 5585.0 0.11 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINO-ALPHA-METHYLENEBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-METHYLENE-ALPHA-KETOGLUTARIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TOCOPHEROL 14 Oil not available 35.0 -1.21 Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID 8 Seed not available 14.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 54650.0 65281.0 0.99 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTATHIONE 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCERIC-ACID 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 15760.0 18993.0 1.16 Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXACONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXACOSAENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 6610.0 8013.0 0.50 Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYBEHENIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Leaf 42.0 195.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 21.0 42.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID 4 Seed not available 3.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ISOCITRATYLLASE 0 Seed 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 *