Antifungal compounds from Anarcadium occidentale

• Main Authors: Ragasa, Consolacion Y., Borja, Dodee C., Rideout, John A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2002
• Subjects: Cashew—Analysis; Antifungal agents; Chemistry; Medicinal-Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/6789; https://philjournalsci.dost.gov.ph/home-1/15-vol-131-no-1-june-2002/777-antifungal-compounds-from-anarcadium-occidentale-2
• Institution: De La Salle University

The nutshell oil of Anacardium occidentale, commonly known as kasoy afforded mixtures of anacardic acids and cardols in varying degrees of unsaturation. Their structures were elucidated by extensive 1D and 2D NMR and high resolution mass spectrometry. The anacardic acids were identified as 1a (50%),...