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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
ARACHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 31280.0 37022.0 0.52 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 980.0 4558.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 0.0 190.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 16000.0 74000.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Plant 73000.0 116000.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 16000.0 28000.0 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 31900.0 36968.0 1.28 Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Seed 15246.0 16332.0 0.85 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 77.0 360.0 0.43 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.3 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Seed 5.0 18.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed not available 0.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID 102 Seed not available 11.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2620.0 21500.0 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant 9300.0 31500.0 1.92 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 560.0 969.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 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
Antiencephalopathic 7 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 7 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th