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Plant Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Cashew
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
COBALT 2 Seed not available 0.1 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 22.0 37.0 2.01 Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 2830.0 2879.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
EUROPIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 49000.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Leaf 6000.0 20000.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 370000.0 482000.0 1.14 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 6000.0 42000.0 -0.94 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 7120.0 29000.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Seed not available 1.4 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed not available 0.7 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 1390.0 1414.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOSE 1 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID 62 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GINGKOL 0 Bark not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCURONIC-ACID 4 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 36240.0 36867.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 8030.0 8169.0 -0.40 Duke, 1992 *
GOLD 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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 *