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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
ARACHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 31280.0 37022.0 0.52 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 980.0 4558.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 190.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 16000.0 74000.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Plant 73000.0 116000.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 16000.0 28000.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 31900.0 36968.0 1.28 Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 15246.0 16332.0 0.85 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 77.0 360.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.3 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Seed 5.0 18.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed not available 0.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Seed not available 11.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2620.0 21500.0 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 9300.0 31500.0 1.92 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 560.0 969.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 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
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Propecic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 2 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 1 Duke, 1992 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative 6 Duke, 1992 *
Serotoninergic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).