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Plant Arachis hypogaea (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Groundnut; Peanut
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ISOFERULIC-ACID 4 Seed not available 0.2 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 9200.0 10680.0 0.02 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLINOLEIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOOLEIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Leaf 690.0 3210.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3030.0 6074.0 0.95 Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEAD 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
LECITHIN 20 Seed 5000.0 7000.0 -0.55 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 16960.0 20653.0 0.34 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCODELPHINIDIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIGNOCERIC-ACID 1 Seed 5409.0 5795.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 155300.0 183655.0 0.66 Duke, 1992 *
LUETOLIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 9390.0 10627.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant 3500.0 8700.0 1.44 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 1700.0 2110.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
MALVALIC-ACID 0 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
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
P450-Inducer 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 3 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide 31 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin 3 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.