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
COBALT	2	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	22.0	37.0	2.01	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	2830.0	2879.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
EUROPIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	1000.0	49000.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	6000.0	20000.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	370000.0	482000.0	1.14	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	6000.0	42000.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	7120.0	29000.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE	0	Seed	not available	1.4	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN	15	Seed	not available	0.7	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID	0	Seed	1390.0	1414.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE	1	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GINGKOL	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCURONIC-ACID	4	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	36240.0	36867.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Seed	8030.0	8169.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
GOLD	3	Plant	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
Cancer-Preventive?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Candidicide	8	Martindale's 28th
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	10	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebroprotective	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulatory-Stimulant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Paralytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.