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
HAFNIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-1.87	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANAL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	3990.0	4059.0	-0.55	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYBENZOIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IODINE	12	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	2.0	77.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	18.0	195.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	7310.0	7436.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Fruit	530.0	3680.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	1000.0	3320.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Seed	5330.0	5920.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
L-EPICATECHIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LANTHANUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID	7	Seed	7840.0	7975.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
LEAD	0	Seed	not available	0.3	-0.62	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Seed	12850.0	13072.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOPELARGONIDINE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	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
Antigoiter	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigout	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihangover	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	6	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *