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Plant Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae)

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
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 7.6 53.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 6.0 20.0 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 0.0 0.6 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Seed not available 3.2 -0.99 Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Seed not available 1.2 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed not available 0.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 100.0 833.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 240.0 823.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ACID 3 Seed 1320.0 1343.0 -0.47 Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID 5 Seed 1320.0 1343.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 116000.0 958678.0 0.94 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Leaf 231000.0 767000.0 1.23 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 294000.0 432000.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
CARDANOL 3 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CARDOL 4 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CESIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed not available 184.0 -0.36 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available 0.3 -0.64 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
Antialcoholic 4 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic 1 Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamnesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamyloid-Beta 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.