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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
RUBIDIUM 0 Seed not available 13.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
RUTIN 87 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID 34 Seed not available 18.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SARKOSIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed not available 0.0 -0.26 Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Seed 12710.0 15362.0 0.92 Duke, 1992 *
SFA 0 Seed 68230.0 81740.0 0.22 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SINAPIC-ACID 9 Seed not available 14.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 40.0 260.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
SPHINGOGLYCOLIPID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 10980.0 13760.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
STERCULIC-ACID 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STIZOLAMINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Seed not available 2100.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Seed not available 51.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 2.3 11.0 0.56 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 6.0 17.0 2.49 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 7430.0 9570.0 0.32 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 *