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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Cashew
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SAMARIUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.85 *
SCANDIUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.64 *
SELENIUM 60 Seed 0.2 -0.26 *
SERINE 1 Seed 8490.0 8637.0 -0.37 *
SFA 0 Seed 52325.0 93154.0 0.34 *
SILICON 4 Seed 1280.0 0.85 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 140.0 257.0 -0.31 *
SQUALENE 10 Seed *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 17725.0 102000.0 1.65 *
STRONTIUM 0 Seed 4.2 -0.71 *
SULFUR 14 Seed 4800.0 1.28 *
TANNIN 35 Bark 90000.0 -0.45 *
TANTALUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.74 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.3 2.1 -0.41 *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.1 0.3 -1.67 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 2.0 8.7 0.50 *
THORIUM 0 Seed 0.2 -0.20 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 5920.0 6022.0 -0.47 *
TIN 4 Seed 0.9 -0.53 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed 2.4 -0.57 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 9 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichthyosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 13 *
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsulinogenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiischemic 1 *
Antikeratitic 1 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic 1 *