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
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 *

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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.