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
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 *

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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.