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
HAFNIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-1.87	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	3990.0	4059.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	2.0	77.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	18.0	195.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	7310.0	7436.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	530.0	3680.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	1000.0	3320.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	5330.0	5920.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
L-EPICATECHIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed	7840.0	7975.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	12850.0	13072.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOPELARGONIDINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	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
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 *