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... Purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) is an herbaceous plant consumed in Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, the Philippines, China, North Africa, Australia, the United States, Brazil, and Mexico. Purslane contains nutraceutical compounds that can be potentiated based on biotic and abiotic stress practices. It provides substantial contributions of minerals, polysaccharides ...
Ana Sofia Martelli Chaib Saliba; Alan Giovanini de Oliveira Sartori; Pollyanna Souza Batista; José Eduardo Pedroso Gomes do Amaral; Namuhell Oliveira da Silva; Masaharu Ikegaki; Pedro Luiz Rosalen; Severino Matias de Alencar
Galleria mellonella; antimicrobial properties; chemical constituents of plants; chemokine CXCL2; digestion; digestive tract; food chemistry; food composition; functional foods; gastrointestinal system; human cell lines; interleukin-6; lethal dose; lignans; macrophages; phytochemicals; propolis; reactive oxygen species; transcription factors; Brazil
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... The objective was to assess the effect of gastrointestinal digestion/Caco-2 cell transport on biological activities and toxicity of the ethanolic extract of organic propolis from southern Brazil (EEOP1). As principal results, the EEOP1 deactivated the ROO•, HOCl and O₂•⁻ reactive oxygen species, attenuated NF-κB transcription factor activation, and decreased the release of TNF-α and IL-6 in macrop ...
... Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. is the dried above-ground part of dragon's tooth grass, a plant of the Rosaceae family, which is widely distributed in China, Korea, and Japan. Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. is a herbal medicine with great scope for development and use. It is astringent and hemostatic, and it is used for treating malaria, preventing dysentery, detoxification, and as a tonic for deficiency. We sum ...
... Lignans are plant-derived compounds that act as partial estrogen agonists. Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs) represent one of the major components of the extracellular matrix. Here we aimed to understand the role of sesamin (SES), a major lignan compound, in the biosynthesis and degradation of CSPGs in the mouse hippocampus because CSPGs play a key role in the regulation of cognitive funct ...
Origanum majorana; arthritis; asthma; chemical constituents of plants; ethanol; fever; flavonoids; food quality; glycosides; hypertension; influenza; lignans; migraine; spices; Egypt
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... Origanum majorana belongs to the Lamiaceae family as a famous spice plant in Egypt, which is used to treat arthritis, allergies, fever, flu, hypertension, respiratory infections, migraine, and asthma. In our studies, it was found that the ethanol extract of O. marjoram could significantly reduce NO release at 200 (P<0.001), 100 (P<0.001) and 50 (P<0.01) μg/mL compared with the model group. Therefo ...
... Phytochemical investigation of the twigs of Zanthoxylum armatum DC. led to the extraction and isolation of twenty-one compounds, including nine phenolic acids (1–9), a steroid (10) and eleven lignans (11–21). The structures of these compounds were elucidated by NMR spectroscopic analysis, and comparison with the reported data. Compounds 1–7, 15, 17, 18, and 21 were first obtained from Z. armatum. ...
... In our ongoing effort to investigate active specialised metabolites from genus Glandularia, phytochemical studies on the ethanolic extract of Glandularia × hybrida (Groenl. & Rümpler) G.L. Nesom & Pruski leaves resulted in the isolation of three undescribed compounds, a dibenzylbutyrolactolic lignan and two echinocystic acid based triterpenoid saponins, in addition to two known compounds. Interest ...
... Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is a significantly lucrative cash crop for millions of small-holder farmers. Its seeds are an important source of a world highly appreciated oil and two clinically essential antioxidant lignans, sesamin and sesamolin. Accordingly, many countries import annually millions of tons of sesame seeds. The demand for lignan-rich sesame seeds is increasing yearly due to the cont ...
Illicium verum; Orthomyxoviridae; anise; antioxidants; antiviral properties; circular dichroism spectroscopy; cuisine; cytopathogenicity; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; fluorescent antibody technique; food chemistry; fruits; lignans; oseltamivir; phenylpropanoids; phytochemicals; spectral analysis; South East Asia
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... Illicium verum Hook.f. (Chinese star anise), a known Chinese traditional spice, is commonly applied in Chinese cuisine and cooking in Southeast Asia. As a kind of medicinal and edible resource, the fruit of I. verum has attracted great attention for its chemical constituents and physiological activities. In this work, the phytochemical study of the fruits of I. verum led to the isolation and ident ...
... Two new neolignans and one new lignan (1–3) were obtained from the roots of Paeonia lactiflora. Their structures were unambiguously elucidated based on extensive spectroscopic analysis, single-crystal X-ray crystallography, and the calculated and experimental electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectra. Compound 1 was a racemic mixture and successfully resolved into the anticipated enantiomers via ...
... Six undescribed bis-iridoids named Semipapposiridoids A–F (1–6) together with seventeen known compounds were obtained from the roots and aerial parts of Scabiosa semipapposa Salzm. ex DC. Among the known compounds, three lignans were isolated for the first time in Scabiosa species, whereas the other known constituents including iridoids, phenol glycosides and flavonoids were previously isolated fr ...
... Sesame is an important oilseed crop that has high oil and protein content and unique antioxidant lignans. Capsule shattering at harvest is one of the most important problems affecting sesame production, with seed losses of up to 50%, making the crop unsuitable for mechanized harvesting. This paper provides an overview of breeding approaches addressing the capsule shattering trait in sesame and giv ...
Dracocephalum; antioxidant activity; arabinogalactan proteins; benzoic acid; chemical composition; cuisine; flavonoids; lignans; liquid chromatography; mass spectrometry; metabolites; methanol; phenylpropanoids; polysaccharides; traditional medicine; water solubility; Caucasus region
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... Dracocephalum botryoides Steven and Dracocephalum austriacum L. are unexplored species of the Dracocephalum genus (Lamiaceae family) with a distribution in the Caucasus, where they are used in folk medicine and local cuisine. There are no data on the chemical composition of these Dracocephalum species. In this study, the application of a liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry technique for the me ...
Oriental traditional medicine; anthraquinones; caffeic acid; coumarins; flavonoids; iridoids; lignans; mass spectrometry; oral administration; separation; triterpenoids; ultra-performance liquid chromatography
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... Shuanghuanglian is a common traditional Chinese medicine prescription. It is an herbal formula composed of Lonicerae Japonicae Flos, Scutellariae Radix, and Forsythiae Fructus. A comprehensive understanding of Shuanghuanglian oral dosage forms components was obtained using a method based on ultra‐high performance liquid chromatography coupled with time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry for the separatio ...
... Three glycosylated stilbenes (1–3), two anthraquinones (4, 5), one lignan (6), five tannins (7–11), two amino acids (12, 13), and one auronol (14) were isolated from the root of Ampelopsis japonica. All compounds, except for 4, 6, and 11 were obtained from this species for the first time. Compounds 6–9 could notably inhibit ROS generations in HaCaT keratinocyte cells with IC₅₀ values of 5.28, 4.83 ...
... Lignins and lignans are important for plant resistance to pathogens. Dirigent (DIR) proteins control the regio- and stereo-selectivity of coniferyl alcohol in lignan and lignin biosynthesis. DIR genes have been implicated in defense-related responses in several plant species, but their role in poplar immunity is unclear. We cloned PtDIR11 from Populus trichocarpa; we found that overexpression of P ...
Daphniphyllum; X-ray diffraction; lignans; plant biochemistry; spectral analysis; triterpenoids; China
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... The fruits, twigs and leaves of Daphniphyllum oldhamii (Hemsl.) K. Rosenthal, collected from Longshan County, Hunan Province, China, were chemically investigated. Three undescribed daphniphyllum alkaloids, namely longshanoldhamines A‒C, and six known related ones have been isolated from the fruits, whereas two undescribed triterpenoids and one undescribed lignan, along with six known triterpenoids ...
2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl; Cornus officinalis; acid hydrolysis; cell lines; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; food production; food research; functional foods; inflammation; interleukin-6; lignans; lipopolysaccharides; macrophages; nitric oxide; phytochemicals; technology; traditional medicine
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... Cornus officinalis fruits, an edible functional food with the tonic effect, belongs to the Cornaceae family. It is widely used in both traditional medicine and in some food production. A phytochemical study on the fruits of Cornus officinalis resulted in 20 structurally diverse compounds including 2 new lignans, named officinalignans A-B (1–2), and 2 new iridoids, named loganin-(4′-O-7″)-α-morroni ...
... A phytochemical investigation of the aerial parts of Dracocephalum moldavica L. (Lamiaceae) led to the isolation and characterization of 30 compounds, including eight lignans (1–8), seven phenols (9–15), five triterpenoids (16–20), four monoterpenoids (21–24), four glycosides (25–28) and two megastigmanes (29 and 30). The structures of these compounds were determined by spectroscopic data analysis ...
... A phytochemical investigation on the branches of Maytenus hookeri resulted in the isolation and identification of fourteen compounds, including one new triterpene saponin (1), five phenylpropanoids (2–6), and eight lignans (7–14). The chemical structures of these compounds were determined by comprehensive spectroscopic data analysis, such as UV, IR, 1D/2D NMR, mass spectra, and data from the liter ...
... The phytochemical research on Salvinia natans (L.) All. resulted in the isolation of 11 compounds, subdivided into four steroids (1–4), three megastigmanes (5–7), two lignans (8 and 9), one phenanthrene (10), and one nepetolactone derivative (11). The structures of these compounds were elucidated mainly by NMR spectroscopic analysis and comparison with the published data. All these compounds were ...
... Phytochemical investigation of the aerial parts of Achillea alpina led to the isolation of sixteen compounds, including six sesquiterpenes (1-6), two polyacetylenic alcohols (7-8), three lignans (9-11), and five fatty acids (12-16). Their structures were identified by spectroscopic analysis of UV, IR, MS and NMR, and in comparison with the those reported data in the references. Among them, five co ...
... One undescribed diterpenoid illisimonone A, four undescribed sesquiterpenes named (±)-simonones A, simonterpenoids A and B, and two undescribed lignans, illisimonins A and B, along with five known compounds were isolated from the fruits of Illicium simonsii. Their structures were elucidated by extensive spectroscopic data. The absolute configuration of illisimonone A was determined by single-cryst ...
Le Thi Huyen; Vu Hoang Son; Truong Thi Viet Hoa; Luong Thi My Hanh; Seo Yohan; Park SeonJu; Nguyen Xuan Nhiem; Dan Thi Thuy Hang; Phan Van Kiem; Bui Huu Tai
... Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb. is an important herb in Ayurvedic medicines. In this study, five lignans (1–5), two phloroglucinols (6–7), five flavonoids (8–12) and four phenolics (13–16) were identified from the leaves of C. bonduc by comparison with spectroscopic data published in the literature. To the best of our knowledge, all of these identified phytochemicals were reported for the first time ...
... A previous undescribed dihydrobenzofuran neolignan (1), as well as eleven known phenolic derivatives (2–12) were isolated from the n-butanol fraction of the roots of Actinidia valvata Dunn, including five phenylpropanoids (2–6), four phenolic glycosides (7–10) and two coumarins (11–12). The chemical structures of these compounds were identified by means of extensive spectroscopic analysis and comp ...
Hieu Nguyen-Ngoc; Mostafa Alilou; Séverine Derbré; Patricia Blanchard; Giang Nam Pham; Duc Trong Nghiem; Pascal Richomme; Hermann Stuppner; Markus Ganzera
Antidesma bunius; Euphorbiaceae; advanced glycation end products; diabetes; lignans; metabolites; moieties; rheumatoid arthritis; rutin; traditional medicine
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... Thirty-three natural products were isolated from the aerial parts of Antidesma bunius, Euphorbiaceae, a plant used in Vietnamese traditional medicine against rheumatoid arthritis. All compounds were reported the first time for this species, and nine constituents resembled undescribed natural products, noticeably three coumarinolignans with 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane moiety, two cyclopeptides, and ...
... Traditional Chinese herbal medicine Cistanche deserticola Y.C. Ma has been recorded and treatment for infertility and impotence since ancient times, which is widely distributed in northwest China, and is mainly composed of phenylethanol glycosides, iridoids, lignans, polysaccharides, alkaloids, etc. C. deserticola polysaccharides (CDPs) is one of its main active ingredients, studies of its effect ...
... Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disabling disease and seriously affects the quality of life of patients. is A potential medicine for the treatment of OA is Eucommia ulmoides leaves (EULs). However, its active compounds and therapeutic mechanisms are unclear. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a method using LC–MS and network pharmacology for the detection and identification of compounds and the mechan ...
... BACKGROUND: Nerium indicum Mill. is an ornamental plant that is found in parks, riversides, lakesides, and scenic areas in China and other parts of the world. Our recent survey indicated the prevalence of witches’ broom disease (WBD) in Guangdong, China. To find out the possible defense strategies against WBD, we performed a MiSeq based ITS sequencing to identify the possible casual organism, then ...
... Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can be attributed to the imbalance between lipogenesis and lipidolysis in the liver. Sesame lignans (sesamin, sesamolin, and sesamol) are unique bioactive compounds responsible for the nutritional function of sesame oils. However, the preventive effects of three lignans on oxidative stress and lipid metabolism in steatosis HepG2 cells have not been compare ...
Salvia hispanica; data collection; flax; food chemistry; lignans; metabolites; metabolomics; nutritive value; polyphenols; seeds
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... Chia, flax, and sesame seeds are well known for their nutritional quality and are commonly included in bakery products. So far, the development of methods to verify their presence and authenticity in foods is a requisite and a raised need. In this work we applied untargeted metabolomics to propose authenticity markers. Seeds were analyzed by HPLC-MS/MS and 9938 features in negative mode and 9044 i ...
... It is important to reveal the differences in the metabolites of different clones of Eucommia wood to explore the beneficial components of Eucommia wood and the selection of Eucommia wood. In this study, an extensive targeted metabolomic analysis was conducted on three different clones of Eucommia wood, Huazhong 12 Eucommia (HZ), Cili Eucommia (CL), and Miye Eucommia (MY), using UPLC-EI-MS/MS analy ...
Oriental traditional medicine; cold; electrospray ionization mass spectrometry; flavonoids; glycosides; lactones; lignans; pharmacology; separation; tandem mass spectrometry; triterpenoids; ultra-performance liquid chromatography
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... Yangwei decoction, a classical traditional Chinese medicine prescription, has been widely used to treat exogenous cold and internal injury with damp stagnation for many centuries. However, its systematic chemical profiling remains ambiguous, which has hampered the interpretation of pharmacology and the mechanism of its formula. In the present study, ultra‐performance liquid chromatography coupled ...
... Sesame, with an oily seed containing oil, lignans, and proteins, is a popular plant that has demonstrated health benefits such as antioxidative, antiobesity, and antiinflammatory effects. In this systematic review and meta‐analysis, we aimed to summarize the effect of sesame seeds and their consumption compared to a control group on blood glucose and insulin resistance in human adults. PubMed/MEDL ...
discriminant analysis; fluorescence; glutathione; histidine; lignans; polyethyleneimine; principal component analysis; rapid methods; riparian areas; seawater; tap water; water pollution; water quality
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... In recent years, the prevention and control of water pollution has received extensive attention. There is a need to develop simple and effective strategies for the rapid detection of metal ions and dissolved organic matter (DOM) in order to improve water quality. To this end, the first copper nanoclusters (CuNCs)-based fluorescent sensor array was done to identify 12 metal ions (Pb²⁺, Fe³⁺, Cu²⁺, ...
Ayurvedic medicine; Boerhavia diffusa; antioxidants; cardiovascular diseases; ecdysteroids; edema; humans; inflammation; kidneys; lignans; nephroprotective effect; nutrient content; polyphenols; rotenoids; wastelands; wet season; Africa; Asia; North America; South America
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... : The human body is almost 70% water and fluid imbalance has been a classic symptom of severe underlying conditions, i.e., hepatic disorders, kidney disorders, cardiovascular disease and inflammation. Boerhavia diffusa Linn. is a pantropical herb used in traditional medicine systems worldwide for inflammation, liver-kidney disorders, skin problems, etc. Ethnopharmacological reports of B. diffusa c ...
Le Huyen Tram; Tran Thu Huong; Le Thi Thuy; Nguyen Van Thong; Nguyen Tuan Anh; Nguyen Hoang Minh; Tran Thi Minh; Nguyen Thi Hong Phuong; Tran Thu Ha; Nguyen Hai Dang; Duc Dat Le; Pham Phuoc Dien; Mina Lee
Kadsura coccinea; circular dichroism spectroscopy; glycosides; hydrolysis; lignans; lipopolysaccharides; mass spectrometry; nitric oxide; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; plant biochemistry
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... A new phenylethyl glycoside (1), (S)-1-phenylethyl-6-α-L-arabinopyranosyl-β-D-glucopyranoside), and a new dibenzocyclooctadiene lignan (7), Kasuracin A, together with seven known compounds, were isolated and identified from the leaves of Kadsura coccinea. Their structures were determined by analysis of multinuclear and multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), circular dichroism (CD), mas ...
... The phytochemical investigation of the Chinese medicine Zanthoxylum nitidum led to the isolation of a new coumarin glycoside (1), seven known coumarins (2–8) and two known lignan glycosides (9–10). Their structures were elucidated based on extensive spectroscopic methods (HRESIMS, 1D and 2D NMR experiments) and by comparison with literature data. The new compound (1) was a linear furanocoumarin gl ...
Leonidah Kerubo Omosa; Vaderament-A Nchiozem-Ngnitedem; Justus Mukavi; Brenda Atieno Okoko; Helder Ombui Nyaboke; Ibrahim Hashim; Jackson Obegi Matundura; Thomas Efferth; Michael Spiteller
... Chemical investigation of the root of Zanthoxylum paracanthum afforded 1 new alkamide derivative, (2E,4E)-6-oxo-N-isobutyldeca-2,4-dienamide (1) together with 10 known congeners including one phenolic amide (2), four benzophenanthridines (3 − 6), three indolonaphthyridines (7 − 9) and two lignans (10 and 11). Their structures were elucidated by a combination of spectroscopic and spectrometric data ...
... Flaxseed is categorized as a functional food due to its abundance in oil, α-linolenic acid, dietary fibres, and lignans. However, flaxseed contains cyanogenic glycosides (CGs). Ingestion of CGs can influence nutrient absorption and induce adverse health effects. Due to the presence of CGs in flaxseed many countries prohibit the import and sale of flaxseed and flaxseed-based foods. In this study, w ...
... Root rot, mainly caused by Fusarium solani, severely reduces the yield and quality of Panax notoginseng (Burk) F.H. Chen. Dirigent (DIR) proteins catalyze the coupling of lignin monomers during lignin biosynthesis, making them important components of plant defense systems. In this study, a small P. notoginseng DIR gene family was isolated from P. notoginseng. A phylogenetic analysis indicated that ...
... The distribution of lignans within common millet, common buckwheat, tartary buckwheat, and amaranth plants, as well as any differences of their contents within their different varieties and samples from different growing seasons, were determined by LC–MS analyses. Roots were the plant part highest in the total amount of lignans in common buckwheat, tartary buckwheat, and common millet; which is in ...
... Lignans have long been known for their abundant therapeutic properties due to their polyphenolic structure. Linseed is the richest plant source of lignans and has been studied widely for their properties. The most prevalent lignan, secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG), is consumed with linseed and converted into mammalian lignans, enterodiol (END) and enterolactone (ENL), by the gut microbiota. ...
alcohols; hepatoprotective effect; lignans; research
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... Two new neolignans, dolominol A (1) and dolominol B (2), together with 12 known lignans, erythro-(7S,8R)-guaiacyl-glycerol-β-O-4′-dihydroconiferyl ether (3), threo-(7R,8R)-1-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-{4-[(E)-3-hydroxy-1-propenyl)]-2-methoxyphenoxy}-1,3-propanediol (4), (-)-dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl alcohol (5), (-)-massoniresinol (6), vladinol D (7), syringaresinol (8), prinse ...
... The current study aimed to explore the potential influences of microwave exposure to flaxseed (150 g samples, 700 W for 1–5 min) on the several techno-functional properties of flaxseed gum (FG), focusing on the changes in composition, surface morphology and multiscale structure. The results showed that microwave exposure to flaxseed actually resulted in evident etching effect on seed coat and favo ...
... This study evaluated different ultrasonic treatments for lignan biosynthesis in two varieties of flax sprouts. Results showed that lignans in flax sprouts significantly raised with ultrasonic pretreatment. Secoisolariciresinol diglucoside dramatically increased by about 6-fold at the flax sprouts. Ultrasonic pretreatment could also affect the accumulation of caffeic acid and p-coumaric acid in fla ...
... Dibenzylbutyrolactone-type lignans are phenolic compounds of medical importance. The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of two such lignans, arctigenin and trachelogenin on the motility of isolated rat ileum and obtain indications on their mechanism of action. They were isolated from Arctium lappa and Cirsium arvense, respectively, which have been used traditionally to treat gastroi ...
Oriental traditional medicine; Schisandra chinensis; active ingredients; alanine transaminase; aspartate transaminase; blood serum; cholesterol; ethanol; fatty liver; fruit extracts; fruits; gene expression; glucose tolerance; glucose tolerance tests; high fat diet; human cell lines; insulin; insulin resistance; insulin tolerance test; lignans; liver; malondialdehyde; mass spectrometry; mice; models; petroleum; pharmacology; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; triacylglycerols
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... Schisandra chinensis fruit is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that has been used to treat various liver diseases. Our previous study revealed that its extract is effective against nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). This study aimed to elucidate the active components and explore the underlying mechanisms of action of S. chinensis fruit in the treatment of NAFLD. A HepG2 cell ...
... BACKGROUND: Flaxseed and soybean are an important source of lignans and flavonoids. Previously, the metabolism of isoflavones and lignans from soybean and flaxseed extracts by the microbiota of adult individuals (n = 14) and infants (n = 23) was analyzed. Thus, the present study aimed to examine the metabolism of flavones, flavanones and flavonols, as well as the production of phenolic acids, by t ...
Arachis hypogaea; Mediterranean diet; diabetes; economic development; energy; human health; hypertension; isoflavonoids; lignans; models; oils; peanuts; people; phytosterols; stilbenes; South America; Virginia
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... Peanut (Arachis hypogea L.) is one of the most consumed oil seeds worldwide. It belongs to the legume family and has spread to other parts of the world from South America. Peanut has been classified as Virginia, Runner, Spanish, and Valencia depending on the seed stagnation, branching pattern, the plant maturation period, and economic growth. People have consumed peanuts as raw, boiled, oil extrac ...