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
4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONIC-ACID	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	7020.0	7141.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CATECHIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	1610.0	1638.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	not available	2.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
ANACARDIC-ACID	17	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANACARDOL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTIMONY	0	Seed	not available	0.3	2.51	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	17410.0	17711.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	252.0	17500.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	890.0	2957.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	20.0	21.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	2000.0	28000.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	12000.0	40000.0	-1.39	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	26000.0	32000.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	15050.0	15310.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticarpal-Tunnel	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichorea	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antichoreic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticirrhotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlaudificant?	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticlimacteric	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	6	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th