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
SAMARIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	8490.0	8637.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Seed	52325.0	93154.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Seed	not available	1280.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	140.0	257.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	17725.0	102000.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Seed	not available	4.2	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Seed	not available	4800.0	1.28	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	not available	90000.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
TANTALUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	0.3	2.1	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	0.1	0.3	-1.67	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	2.0	8.7	0.50	Duke, 1992 *
THORIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	5920.0	6022.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
TIN	4	Seed	not available	0.9	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM	0	Seed	not available	2.4	-0.57	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 *