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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Psidium cattleianum (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Strawberry Guava
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SFA 0 Fruit 1720.0 8900.0 -0.18 *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 40.0 1915.0 0.00 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 160.0 825.0 -0.22 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.2 1.9 -0.44 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 220.0 1140.0 -0.78 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 50.0 260.0 -0.83 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 70.0 360.0 -0.85 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 200.0 1035.0 -0.71 *
WATER 0 Fruit 783200.0 843000.0 0.31 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 2 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cancer-Preventive 17 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candida-SAP-Inhibitor 1 *
Candidicide 1 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 4 Hutchings, A, Scott, AH, Lewis, G, and Cunningham, A. 1996. Zulu
Medicinal Plants. An inventory. University of Natal Press, Pietermaritzburg. 450 pp.
Cardioprotective 5 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Catabolic 1 *
Chemopreventive 1 *
Choleretic 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Circulotonic 1 *
CNS-Depressant 1 Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Cold-preventive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic 1 *