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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
11-EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-HYDROPEROXY-CIS-9,TRANS-11-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
13-HYDROPEROXY-TRANS-9,TRANS-11-OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
15-DOCOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYLENEPROLINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5,7-DIHYDROXYCHROMONE 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-HEXADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9,10-DIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 10390.0 12137.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMINO-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CEPHALIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 30.0 110.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-RESORCYLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Oil not available 89.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed 83.0 116.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed not available 14.0 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed 11803.0 12644.0 0.58 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 5 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Teratologic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tineacide 1 Martindale's 29th
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *