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

Common Names

Cashew

How this plant is used

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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
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	9	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadhesive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	6	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th