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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 *
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
Antihypertensive 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal 1 Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinsulinogenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiischemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antilepric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *