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
TOCOPHEROL	93	Seed	not available	8.0	-0.40	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TRANS-HEX-2-ENAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	2370.0	2411.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
TUNGSTEN	0	Seed	not available	0.1	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Seed	4910.0	4995.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ANHYDRIDE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	57000.0	62000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Seed	10400.0	10580.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM	16	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6	0	Seed	2.0	3.0	-0.75	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	856000.0	879000.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Leaf	not available	699000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	79000.0	95000.0	-0.89	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	27000.0	52000.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE	3	Gum	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Seed	48.0	57.0	0.34	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 *