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
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	76600.0	77925.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
LUTETIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	8170.0	8311.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Seed	260.0	2650.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Seed	not available	8.4	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
MANNOSE	3	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MERCURY	1	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	2740.0	2787.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
MOLYBDENUM	2	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
MUFA	13	Seed	273170.0	286115.0	1.28	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	3470.0	3530.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
NARINGENIN	56	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	3.0	21.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	14.0	46.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	18.0	22.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
NICAIN	0	Fruit	3.0	21.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Seed	not available	5.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	268080.0	296000.0	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Seed	not available	3184.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed	34600.0	44262.0	0.21	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
Antimenopausal	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	3	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	5	Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiMRSA	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic	8	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyelotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyoclonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antinephritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	2	Duke, 1992 *