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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
LANTHANUM 0 Seed 0.0 -0.62 *
LEAD 0 Seed 0.8 -0.47 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 16770.0 17445.0 0.03 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 70220.0 110880.0 0.03 *
LUTETIUM 0 Seed 0.0 0.07 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 12780.0 13295.0 0.16 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 949.0 1644.0 -0.51 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 3.2 3.4 -0.62 *
MERCURY 1 Seed 0.1 -0.12 *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 3810.0 3963.0 -0.09 *
MUFA 13 Seed 326680.0 339831.0 1.67 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 282.0 468.0 -0.29 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 11.0 15.0 -0.83 *
NICKEL 3 Seed 1.1 -0.70 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 319760.0 389760.0 2.22 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 38540.0 55643.0 0.45 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 2860.0 2975.0 -0.23 *
PECTIN 24 Seed 35300.0 0.12 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 11840.0 12317.0 0.09 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 4300.0 5280.0 -0.02 *
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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 *