Plant Pistacia vera (Anacardiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Seed	1080.0	1123.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Seed	8639.0	11493.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Seed	9470.0	9851.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Seed	189000.0	222102.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	73160.0	76105.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RUBIDIUM	0	Seed	not available	10.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
SAMARIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
SCANDIUM	0	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Seed	13510.0	14054.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
SFA	0	Seed	61270.0	63737.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
SHIKIMIC-ACID	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Seed	not available	1450.0	1.12	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	54.0	538.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
SQUALENE	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	6280.0	8960.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Seed	not available	10.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
SUCCINIC-ACID	7	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antianginal	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	11	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	7	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticariogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *