“…This is a very nutritious food due to its content in fats, vitamins, fibers, amino acids, sterols, and minerals [ 117 ]. Moreover, the thin skin of their kernels is rich in phenolic compounds with antioxidant properties, such as catechin/epicatechin and anacardic acids, with the latter corresponding to hydroxy-benzoic acids with different alkyl substituents on the phenyl ring [ 118 , 119 ]. In addition to the compounds with high antioxidant power, cashews also contain bioactive compounds like oleic acid, linoleic acid, stearic acid, phytosterols, beta carotene, lutein, thiamine, zeaxanthin, arginine, and tocopherols, exerting several beneficial effects for human health [ 120 ].…”