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
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
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	2	Rafatullah, S., Tariq, M., Al-Yahya, M.A., Mossa, J.S., and Ageel, A.M. 1989. Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa) for Gastric and Duodenal Antiulcer Activity in Rats. J. of Ethnopharmacology, 29: 25-34, 1990.
Antiuremic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiUTI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	6	Merck 11th Edition