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
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Musculotropic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	3	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Natriuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	3	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter	3	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *