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Plant Psidium cattleianum (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Strawberry Guava
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALANINE 3 Fruit 290.0 1500.0 -0.87 Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 150.0 775.0 -0.94 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 150.0 2100.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 5000.0 44000.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 370.0 1915.0 -1.08 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.0 9.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 210.0 3400.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 145000.0 939000.0 0.83 Duke, 1992 *
CYANIDIN 7 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 3000.0 33000.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 52000.0 352000.0 1.98 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 760.0 3930.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 290.0 1500.0 -0.81 Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 50.0 260.0 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 2.0 82.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 210.0 1085.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 560.0 3570.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 390.0 2015.0 -0.66 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 2 Tan, G.T., Pezzuto, J.M., Kinghorn,* A.D., Hughes, S.H. Evaluation Of Natural Products As Inhibitors Of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) Reverse Transcriptase. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 143-154, 1991.
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive 8 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).