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Plant Pistacia vera (Anacardiaceae)

Common Names
Pistachio
How this plant is used
Food

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View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
3,11,13-TRIHYDROXYOLEANANE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9,10-CYCLO-2,4-MENTHANEDIOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
9,10-CYCLO-2,4-MENTHEN-4-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE 3 Seed 9940.0 10340.0 0.04 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 2520.0 2621.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Seed 52.0 54.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed not available 9.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
ANTIMONY 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 21860.0 22740.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Seed not available 0.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed 24000.0 33000.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Seed 21160.0 22012.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
BARIUM 0 Seed not available 0.1 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed 1.4 1.5 -0.34 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORON 4 Seed not available 11.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
BROMINE 0 Seed not available 16.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
CADMIUM 3 Seed not available 0.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Seed 1066.0 1464.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Seed 190000.0 258088.0 -1.05 Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antigoiter 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihangover 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
AntiHIV 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.