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Common Names
Groundnut; Peanut
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| 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 * |