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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emetic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Estrogenic? | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 6 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathione-Depleting | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glutathionigenic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Hematopoietic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |