Bibliography on Anacardium occidentale, Cashew tree, Marañón.

Description

Marañón or Cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale) is native from the tropical zone of Brazil, but is currently distributed in different tropical countries, from southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil, in Cuba and Trinidad, and is also cultivated in India and Malaysia. It is a small or medium tree that can reach a height between 1.5 m to 15 m or even up to 20 m in commercial plantations. Its crown is wide, dense, irregular or globose in shape, with extended foliage, more than 10 m in diameter in old trees. Simple and alternate leaves, obovate or elliptical. Its flowers are small and aromatic of greenish or gray color with a little pink to reddish tinge. Only 1 or 2 fruits per group of flowers mature. The fruit does not open by itself. Its seeds are dicotyledonous and reniform; the cotyledons are white and contain a small embryo, surrounded by a hard pericarp. There is a single seed that usually reaches a third of the weight of the fruit (CONABIO, n.d).

Uses

According to CONABIO (n. d.) these are some of the uses of Marañon:

Adhesive: From the bark emanates a rubber used in the manufacture of rubbers, glues or varnishes.
Flavoring: Aromatic essential oils are extracted from the flowers.
Dyes: From the milky sap an indelible ink is prepared that is used for marking, for dyeing cotton and linen, for tattoos (Africa) and in the printing press.
Fuel: Firewood and charcoal.
Edible: The fruits and seeds are consumed in different ways around the world.
Construction: Wood is used to build.
Cosmetic: From the juice of the false fruit substances are extracted for the manufacture of cosmetic products.
Tanning agent: Tannins for tanning hides.
Beverages: The fleshy receptacle of the fruit (hipcarp) is used to make alcoholic and fermented beverages.
Fodder
Insecticide: The oil from the bark and the fruit is used for the manufacture of insecticides.
Medicinal: it has antidisenteric, anti-inflammatory, antitussive, antiparasiticidal, aphrodisiac, astringent, diuretic, febrifuge, hypoglycemic, hypotensive, purgative, refrigerant, stomachic and tonic properties.

PDF, Articles, Books on Anacardium occidentale

AKINPELU, D. A. and J. A. OJEWOLE
2001
Anacardium occidentale. Fitoterapia, 72(3):286-7.

Available Online:
www.researchgate.net/profile/David-Akinpelu-2/publication/
12039379_Antimicrobial_activity_of_Anacardium_occidentale
_bark/links/5e78715f4585157b9a546cdf/Antimicrobial-activity-
of-Anacardium-occidentale-bark.pdf

ARUL, V. and K. THANGAVEL
2011
Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity using different extracts of Anacardium occidentale L. International journal of applied biology and pharmaceutical technology. Vol. 2, No. 3. Pages 436-443.

Available Online:
www.ijabpt.com/pdf/26061-Vijayakumar[1][2].A.pdf

AYEPOLA, O.O and R. O. ISHOLA
2009
Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Anacardium occidentale (Linn.). Advances in Medical and Dental Sciences, 3 (1). pp. 1-3.

Available Online:
http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/6076/#.YP8BnY4zbIU

CÁCERES, A., CANO, O., SAMAYOA, B. and L. AGUILAR
1990
Plants used in Guatemala for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders. 1. Screening of 84 plants against enterobacteria. Journal of Ethnopharmacology Vol. 30, Issue 1, pages 55-73.

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/037887419090017N

CATES, R. G., PRESTWICH, B., INNES, A., ROWE, M., STANLEY, M., WILLIAMS, S., THOMPSON, A., MCDONALD, S., CATES, S., SHRESTHA, G., FUENTES, J. A., ESPINOZA, L. V., ARDÓN, C., GÁLVEZ, B., DÍAZ, M. R., CORONADO, F. S., GARCÍA, J. R., ARBIZÚ, D. A. and J. V. MARTINEZ
2013
Evaluation of the activity of Guatemalan medicinal plants against cancer cell lines and microbes. Journal of Medicinal plants research. Vol. 7, No. 35. Pages 2616-2627.

Available Online:
www.academicjournals.org/article/article1380727921_
Cates%20et%20al.pdf

CATIE
n.d.
Anacardium occidentale, Anacardiaceae. Árboles de Centroamérica. 8 pages.

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www.arbolesdecentroamerica.info/index.php/es/species/item/download/44_139a926d40a9a3032dd7ced00f1bd39b

CONABIO
n.d.
Anacardium occidentale.

Available Online:
www.conabio.gob.mx/conocimiento/info_especies/arboles/doctos/1-anaca1m.pdf

DA SILVA, R. A., LIBERIO, S. A., DO AMARAL, F. M., FERNANDES, F. R., TORRES, L. M., MONTEIRO, V. and R. MEIRELES
2016
Antimicrobial and Antioxidant activity of Anacardium occidentale L. Flowers in comparison to bark and leaves extracts. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines. Vol. 4. Pages 87-99.

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https://file.scirp.org/pdf/_2016042817150963.pdf

HIMEJIMA, M. and I. KUBO
1991
Antibacterial agents from the cashew Anacardium occidentale (Anacardiaceae) nut shell oil. J. Agric. Food Chem. Vol. 39, No. 2, pages 418–421.

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https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jf00002a039

JOHNSON, D.
1973
The botany, origin, and spread of the cashew Anacardium occidentale. Journal of Plantation Crops, Vol. 1, No.1-2, pages 1-7.

Available Online:
www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/19746703938

KUBO, I., OCHI, M., VIEIRA, P. C. and S. KOMATSU
1993
Antitumor agents from the cashew (Anacardium occidentale) apple juice. J. Agric. Food Chem., 41, 6, 1012–1015.

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https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/jf00030a035

LENTZ, D. L., RAMÍREZ, C. R. and B. GRISCOM
1997
Formative-period subsistence and forest-product extraction at the Yarumela Site, Honduras. Cambridge University Press. Ancient Mesoamerica. Vol. 8. Pages 63-74.

LIM, T. K.
2012
Anacardium occidentale. In: Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht.

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https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-8661-7_6#citeas

MOO, V., MOO, M., ESTRADA, R., CUEVAS, L., ESTRADA, I., ORTIZ, E., BETANCUR, D. and E. SAURI
2015
Antioxidant compounds, antioxidant activity and phenolic content in peel from three tropical fruits from Yucatan, Mexico. Food Chemistry, Vol. 166, Pages 17-22.

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www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308814614008437

SURESH, M. and R. KALEYSA
1990
Cardol: The antifilarial principle from Anacardium occidentale. Current Science Vol. 59, No. 9, pages 477-479.

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/24093746