Essential Oil Details
Essential Name
: Anacardium occidentale essential oil
Plant Name
: Cashew tree
Plant Variety Name
: NA
Plant Tissue Name
: Leaf
Introduction
Cashew oil is a dark yellow oil for cooking or salad dressing pressed from cashew nuts (typically broken chunks created during processing). This may be produced from a single cold pressing.
Reference
Maia, José Guilherme S., Eloisa Helena A. Andrade, and B. Zoghbi Maria das Graças. "Volatile constituents of the leaves, fruits and flowers of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.)." Journal of food composition and analysis 13.3 (2000): 227-232.
Major Compound Details
| Serial No. | Compound Name | Compound Percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (E)-Beta-Ocimene | 28.8 |
| 2 | Alpha-Copaene | 13.6 |
| 3 | Delta-Cadinene | 9.1 |
Minor Compound Details
| Serial No. | Compound Name | Compound Percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beta-Caryophyllene | 7.6 |
| 2 | Gamma-Muurolene | 3.7 |
| 3 | Germacrene D | 3.4 |
| 4 | Valencene | 3.5 |
| 5 | Allo-Aromadendrene | 2.5 |
| 6 | Gamma-Cadinene | 2.6 |
| 7 | A-Cubebene | 0.5 |
| 8 | Alpha- Pinene | 0.6 |
| 9 | Trans-Alpha-Bergamotene | 0.7 |
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