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
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherosclerotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	15	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	2	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Anticancer	6	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	2	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticardiospasmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *