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
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed	1690.0	3235.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Seed	12.0	13.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Seed	7910.0	8046.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	100.0	3125.0	-0.03	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Seed	3730.0	6255.0	0.24	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Seed	1580.0	1607.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	4600.0	6815.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	6900.0	7019.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	2000.0	69000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	52000.0	173000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	152000.0	188000.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
PRUNIN-6''-O-P-COUMARATE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	78360.0	83555.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-GLYCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	2.4	16.7	2.50	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	0.1	0.3	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	2.0	3.3	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Seed	not available	35.0	1.54	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	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