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
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	13560.0	15715.0	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
PHLORETIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHOLIPASE-D	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORIC-ACID-MONOESTERHYDROLASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	820.0	3814.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	800.0	10000.0	3.08	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	2450.0	4248.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
PHYSETOLEIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Plant	9100.0	17500.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	4210.0	7681.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
PRATENSIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	11540.0	15362.0	0.79	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	44000.0	205000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Plant	164000.0	262000.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	150000.0	275000.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	Seed	not available	4.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	155340.0	183785.0	0.59	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	5.8	27.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	1.3	3.1	-0.16	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).