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

Common Names
Cashew
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 7020.0 7141.0 -0.64 *
ALPHA-CATECHIN 0 Seed *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 1610.0 1638.0 -0.30 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 2.0 -0.36 *
ANACARDIC-ACID 17 Seed *
ANACARDOL 1 Seed *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed 0.3 2.51 *
ARABINOSE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap *
ARGININE 14 Seed 17410.0 17711.0 -0.29 *
ARSENIC 2 Seed 0.0 -0.62 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 252.0 17500.0 0.80 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 890.0 2957.0 -0.17 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 20.0 21.0 -0.33 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2000.0 28000.0 -0.74 *
ASH 0 Leaf 12000.0 40000.0 -1.39 *
ASH 0 Seed 26000.0 32000.0 -0.48 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 15050.0 15310.0 -0.65 *
BARIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -0.28 *
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Aphicide? 1 Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
Aphidifuge 1 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apoptotic 6 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 1 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteristat 1 Lamikanra, A., Ogundaini, A.O., and Ogungbamila*, F.O. Antibacterial Constituents of Alchornea cordifolia Leaves. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 198.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bronchodilator 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Calcium-Antagonist 3 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 25 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.