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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Arachis hypogaea (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Groundnut; Peanut
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ARACHIN 0 Seed *
ARGININE 14 Seed 31280.0 37022.0 0.52 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 980.0 4558.0 -0.02 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 190.0 -0.22 *
ASH 0 Leaf 16000.0 74000.0 -0.79 *
ASH 0 Plant 73000.0 116000.0 -0.09 *
ASH 0 Seed 16000.0 28000.0 -0.60 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 31900.0 36968.0 1.28 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 15246.0 16332.0 0.85 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 77.0 360.0 0.43 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.3 -0.41 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant *
BIOTIN 4 Seed *
BORON 4 Seed 5.0 18.0 -0.29 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed 0.0 -0.33 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Seed 11.0 -0.76 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2620.0 21500.0 0.21 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 9300.0 31500.0 1.92 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 560.0 969.0 -0.58 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Plant *
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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 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 1 *
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 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 1 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 *
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 *