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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
Antineuritic 1 *
Antineuropathic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic 1 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 1 *
Antiobesity 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 4 *
Antioxidant 13 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Antioxidant? 2 *
Antiozenic 1 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 *
Antiparkinsonian 6 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 2 *