anacardol

English

Noun

anacardol (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A natural product, of uncertain structure, isolated from the seeds of Anacardium occidentale.
   • 2015, Santosh Kumar Maurya et al., “Śodhana: An Ayurvedic process for detoxification and modification of therapeutic activities of poisonous medicinal plants”, in Ancient Science of Life‎^[1], volume 34, →DOI:

     Recent studies prove the changes of Rf values of phytoconstituents in Śodhita samples of Bhallātaka as compared to raw Bhallātaka. Due to the decarboxylation of the oil, the anacardic acid gets converted into the less toxic anacardol.