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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
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 13560.0 15715.0 0.50 Duke, 1992 *
PHLORETIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPASE-D 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORIC-ACID-MONOESTERHYDROLASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 820.0 3814.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 800.0 10000.0 3.08 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 2450.0 4248.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
PHYSETOLEIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant 9100.0 17500.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 4210.0 7681.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
PRATENSIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 11540.0 15362.0 0.79 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 44000.0 205000.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Plant 164000.0 262000.0 0.73 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 150000.0 275000.0 0.37 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID 43 Seed not available 4.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Seed 155340.0 183785.0 0.59 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 5.8 27.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed 1.3 3.1 -0.16 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 *