Plant Arachis hypogaea (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Groundnut; Peanut

How this plant is used

Food

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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
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 *

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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).