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
MANGANESE	14	Seed	11.0	30.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	2630.0	3430.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Seed	223280.0	261265.0	1.10	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	250.0	300.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	16.0	74.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	141.0	182.0	4.16	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Seed	not available	40000.0	1.32	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONADECENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAHEXADECANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONAHEXADECENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID	4	Seed	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECADIENOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	217570.0	254065.0	1.11	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Seed	not available	20.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Seed	not available	14.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	51450.0	60615.0	0.55	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	90.0	4806.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	17.0	30.0	1.39	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