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
HAFNIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-1.87	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	3990.0	4059.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	2.0	77.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	18.0	195.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	7310.0	7436.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	530.0	3680.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	1000.0	3320.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	5330.0	5920.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
L-EPICATECHIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed	7840.0	7975.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	12850.0	13072.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOPELARGONIDINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	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 *