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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
SUCROSE 14 Seed not available 32600.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Seed not available 2870.0 0.19 Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THORIUM 0 Seed not available 0.4 1.57 Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Seed 7220.0 7511.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
TIN 4 Seed not available 0.4 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
TITANIUM 0 Seed not available 3.1 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2830.0 2944.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
TUNGSTEN 0 Seed not available 0.1 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 7140.0 7427.0 -0.07 Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Seed 14100.0 14688.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
VANADIUM 16 Seed not available 0.0 -0.58 Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Seed 36500.0 5300.0 -0.85 Duke, 1992 *
YTTERBIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ZINC 77 Seed 3.0 30.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiglaucomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *