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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUBIDIUM | 0 | Seed | not available | 13.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLIC-ACID | 34 | Seed | not available | 18.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SARKOSIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Seed | not available | 0.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 12710.0 | 15362.0 | 0.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SFA | 0 | Seed | 68230.0 | 81740.0 | 0.22 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Seed | not available | 14.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 40.0 | 260.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SPHINGOGLYCOLIPID | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 10980.0 | 13760.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STERCULIC-ACID | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIZOLAMINE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Seed | not available | 2100.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | not available | 51.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANOIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Leaf | 2.3 | 11.0 | 0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 6.0 | 17.0 | 2.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | 7430.0 | 9570.0 | 0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Fitoterapia No.5-1986. |
| Hepatotoxic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990. |
| Hydrocholerectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypercholesterolemic | 3 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| Hypertensive | 3 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Hypnotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 17 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 9 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |