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
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	7.6	53.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	6.0	20.0	-1.05	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	0.0	0.6	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Seed	not available	3.2	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE	0	Seed	not available	1.2	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM	3	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	100.0	833.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	240.0	823.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRIC-ACID	3	Seed	1320.0	1343.0	-0.47	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Seed	1320.0	1343.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	116000.0	958678.0	0.94	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	231000.0	767000.0	1.23	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	294000.0	432000.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
CARDANOL	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARDOL	4	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CESIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Seed	not available	184.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.64	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
Antidote (Mercury)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Morphine)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Paracetamol)	1	Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat)	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepitheleomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	2	Duke, 1992 *