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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TRANS-10-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant *
TRANS-3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXY-4-ISOPENTENYLSTILBENE 2 Sprout Seedling *
TRANS-RESVERATROL 5 Sprout Seedling *
TRIHYDROXYSTEARIC-ACID 0 Plant *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2540.0 3321.0 0.00 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 10630.0 13198.0 1.26 *
VALINE 3 Seed 10970.0 12437.0 0.05 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Seed 43.0 0.21 *
VIT-B-6 0 Seed 3.0 3.7 -0.46 *
WATER 0 Leaf 785000.0 -0.11 *
WATER 0 Plant 628000.0 842000.0 0.30 *
WATER 0 Seed 56000.0 422000.0 0.75 *
ZINC 77 Seed 31.0 35.0 -0.29 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 1 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 5 *
Anticerebrotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 *
Anticheilitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichoreic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 3 *
Anticlastogen 3 *
Anticlaudificant? 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric 4 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 2 *
Anticonvulsant 6 *