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Descriptor English: Anacardium
Descriptor Spanish: Anacardium
Descriptor Anacardium
Entry term(s) Anacardium occidentale
Anacardium occidentales
Cassuvium pomiverum
anacardios
anacardo
cajú
castaña de cajú
marañón
nuez de marañón
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia ANACARDIACEAE. Es la fuente de los frutos de anacardo familiares, que son tratados por el calor para eliminar la toxina irritante.
Descriptor Portuguese: Anacardium
Descriptor French: Anacardium
Entry term(s): Anacardium occidentale
Anacardium occidentales
Anacardiums
Cashew
Cashews
occidentales, Anacardium
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.044.277
HP4.018.602.600.051
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D031021
Scope note: A plant genus of the family ANACARDIACEAE. This is the source of the familiar cashew nuts, which are heat treated to remove the irritant toxin. Cashew nut shell liquid (frequently abbreviated as CNSL) is a major source of alkenyl phenolic compounds, especially ANACARDIC ACIDS, cardol, and cardanol.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 36648
Unique ID: D031021
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2017/07/11
Anacardium - Preferred
Concept UI M0396448
Scope note A plant genus of the family ANACARDIACEAE. This is the source of the familiar cashew nuts, which are heat treated to remove the irritant toxin. Cashew nut shell liquid (frequently abbreviated as CNSL) is a major source of alkenyl phenolic compounds, especially ANACARDIC ACIDS, cardol, and cardanol.
Preferred term Anacardium
Entry term(s) Anacardiums
Cashew - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0399383
Preferred term Cashew
Entry term(s) Cashews
Anacardium occidentale - Narrower
Concept UI M0396449
Preferred term Anacardium occidentale
Entry term(s) Anacardium occidentales
occidentales, Anacardium



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