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Plant Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae)

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
TOCOPHEROL 93 Seed not available 8.0 -0.40 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
TRANS-HEX-2-ENAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2370.0 2411.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
TUNGSTEN 0 Seed not available 0.1 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 4910.0 4995.0 -0.64 Duke, 1992 *
URONIC-ANHYDRIDE 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 57000.0 62000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Seed 10400.0 10580.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM 16 Seed not available 0.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
VIT-B-6 0 Seed 2.0 3.0 -0.75 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Fruit 856000.0 879000.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Leaf not available 699000.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Resin, Exudate, Sap 79000.0 95000.0 -0.89 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 27000.0 52000.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 Gum not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Seed not available 0.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed 48.0 57.0 0.34 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 *