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Plant Pistacia vera (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Pistachio
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
CESIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed not available 408.0 0.10 Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed not available 0.6 -0.60 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Seed not available 0.2 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Seed 11.0 33.0 1.65 Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 5130.0 5336.0 1.52 Duke, 1992 *
EUROPIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 1.47 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 470370.0 567000.0 1.59 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 18800.0 20000.0 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
FLUORINE 0 Seed not available 3.8 2.64 Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed not available 0.6 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 2200.0 2289.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 49160.0 51139.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 10950.0 11391.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
GOLD 3 Seed not available 0.0 0.90 Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 5360.0 5576.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Seed not available 51.0 4.47 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed 46.0 137.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 9750.0 10143.0 -0.04 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiAGE 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
Antiaggregant 3 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antiaging 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Duke, 1992 *