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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
DAUCOSTERIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-TOCOPHEROL 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSANOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSENIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EICOSAMONOENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EICOSANIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EICOSENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELIPHATIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN 30 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 6000.0 28000.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant 22000.0 95000.0 0.63 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 194800.0 526834.0 1.38 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Seed not available 45.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 46000.0 214000.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Plant 201000.0 279000.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 11900.0 52383.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed 1.0 3.0 0.17 Duke, 1992 *
FUMARASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GABA 22 Plant not available not available not available 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
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
UV-Screen 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Vasodilator 10 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 1 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).