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
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	3	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic	1	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).