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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Cashew
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 7020.0 7141.0 -0.64 *
ALPHA-CATECHIN 0 Seed *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 1610.0 1638.0 -0.30 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 2.0 -0.36 *
ANACARDIC-ACID 17 Seed *
ANACARDOL 1 Seed *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed 0.3 2.51 *
ARABINOSE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ARGININE 14 Seed 17410.0 17711.0 -0.29 *
ARSENIC 2 Seed 0.0 -0.62 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 252.0 17500.0 0.80 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 890.0 2957.0 -0.17 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 20.0 21.0 -0.33 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2000.0 28000.0 -0.74 *
ASH 0 Leaf 12000.0 40000.0 -1.39 *
ASH 0 Seed 26000.0 32000.0 -0.48 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 15050.0 15310.0 -0.65 *
BARIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -0.28 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acaricide 2 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Adjuvant 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) 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 (View) *
Allergenic 7 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 8 (View) *
Androgenic 2 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 2 (View) *