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
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
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).