Plant Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Guava

How this plant is used

Food

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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
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN	7	Bark	not available	571.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-3-4-6-TETRA-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-THIOPHENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-FURFURAL	0	Fruit	not available	7000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-2-OL	0	Fruit	not available	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPANE-1-THIOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-THIO-BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-THIOPHENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENETHYLACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2ALPHA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTYL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-THIOPHENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
5-ETHOXY-THIAZOLE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-MERCAPTO-HEXAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Fruit	not available	2000.0	1.41	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
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	3	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acarifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	9	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Addictive	1	Science News, 145: 294.
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	11	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	2	Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic	19	Martindale's 29th
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *