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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Arachis hypogaea (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Groundnut; Peanut
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
11-EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
13-EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
13-HYDROPEROXY-CIS-9,TRANS-11-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
13-HYDROPEROXY-TRANS-9,TRANS-11-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
15-DOCOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Plant *
4-METHYLENEPROLINE 0 Seed *
5,7-DIHYDROXYCHROMONE 4 Plant *
7-HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
9,10-DIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Seed 10390.0 12137.0 0.42 *
ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-CEPHALIN 0 Seed *
ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 30.0 110.0 -0.33 *
ALPHA-RESORCYLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil 89.0 -0.57 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed 83.0 116.0 -0.36 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 14.0 -0.34 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 11803.0 12644.0 0.58 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Larvistat 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative 5 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 2 *
Lipotropic 3 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 6 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor 1 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Memorigenic 2 *
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).