Plant Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cashew

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
4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONIC-ACID	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	7020.0	7141.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CATECHIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	1610.0	1638.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	not available	2.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ANACARDIC-ACID	17	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANACARDOL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTIMONY	0	Seed	not available	0.3	2.51	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	17410.0	17711.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	252.0	17500.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	890.0	2957.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	20.0	21.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	2000.0	28000.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	12000.0	40000.0	-1.39	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	26000.0	32000.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	15050.0	15310.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Fruit	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	3	Shimizu, M., Ito, T., Terashima, S., Hayashi, T., Arisawa, M., Morita, N., Kurokawa, S., Ito, K., and Hashimoto, Y. 1984. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Flavonoids. Phytochemistry, 23: 1885-1888.
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *