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Common Names
Groundnut; Peanut
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| 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 * |