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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
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 149000.0 693000.0 0.65 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Plant 668000.0 717000.0 0.29 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 161800.0 377000.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE 1 Seed 20000.0 50000.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
CEREBRONIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Seed not available 12.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHOLINE 20 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available 0.1 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
CHRYSOERIOL 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-10-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-11-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-3,5,4'-TRIHYDROXY-4-ISOPENTENYLSTILBENE 2 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-RESVERATROL 3 Sprout Seedling not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.0 0.1 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
CONARACHIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CONGLUTIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 8.6 11.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 3290.0 3580.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
D,L-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihematuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *