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
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 *