Plant Arachis hypogaea (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Groundnut; Peanut

How this plant is used

Food

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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
DAUCOSTERIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSENIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSAMONOENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSANIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELIPHATIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN	30	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	6000.0	28000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	22000.0	95000.0	0.63	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	194800.0	526834.0	1.38	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Seed	not available	45.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	46000.0	214000.0	0.65	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Plant	201000.0	279000.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	11900.0	52383.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Seed	1.0	3.0	0.17	Duke, 1992 *
FUMARASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GABA	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Hypotensive	14	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic	1	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	9	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	10	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Immunosuppressant	3	Duke, 1992 *
iNOS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	2	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Insectifuge	8	Tunon, H., Thorsell, W., and Bohlin, L. 1993. Mosquito Repelling Activity of Compounds Occurring in Achillea millefolium L. (Asteraceae). Economic Botany 48(2): 111-120, 1994.
Insectiphile	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Insulinotonic	1	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.