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.
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 *