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

Common Names
Pistachio
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CESIUM 0 Seed 0.1 -0.34 *
CHLORINE 7 Seed 408.0 0.10 *
CHROMIUM 24 Seed 0.6 -0.60 *
COBALT 2 Seed 0.2 -0.20 *
COPPER 12 Seed 11.0 33.0 1.65 *
CYANIDIN-3-O-BETA-GALACTOSIDE 0 Plant *
CYSTINE 2 Seed 5130.0 5336.0 1.52 *
EUROPIUM 0 Seed 0.1 1.47 *
FAT 0 Seed 470370.0 567000.0 1.59 *
FIBER 15 Seed 18800.0 20000.0 -0.91 *
FLUORINE 0 Seed 3.8 2.64 *
FOLACIN 15 Seed 0.6 -0.83 *
GADOLEIC-ACID 0 Seed 2200.0 2289.0 -0.39 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 49160.0 51139.0 0.40 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 10950.0 11391.0 0.06 *
GOLD 3 Seed 0.0 0.90 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 5360.0 5576.0 -0.15 *
IODINE 12 Seed 51.0 4.47 *
IRON 6 Seed 46.0 137.0 -0.06 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 9750.0 10143.0 -0.04 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticataract 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticephalagic 1 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 2 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlimacteric 3 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticolitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticonvulsant 4 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 *
AntiCrohn's 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidementia 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 7 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *