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

Common Names
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
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 140.0 -0.30 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
P-METHYL-STYRENE 0 Fruit 3000.0 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 1440.0 10368.0 -0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 30.0 216.0 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 2.0 11.0 -0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 Fruit 3000.0 16000.0 -0.44 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
PEDUNCULAGIN 9 Bark 27.1 *
PEDUNCULAGIN 9 Leaf 600.0 *
PENTANE-2-THIOL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.0 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 20.0 144.0 -1.10 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 60.0 1740.0 -0.45 *
PHYTIN-PHOSPHORUS 0 Fruit 127.0 1029.0 -0.25 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 2672.0 21658.0 0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 1 Bark 4.5 *
PROCYANIDIN-B-1 1 Leaf *
PROCYANIDIN-B-2 1 Leaf *
PROCYANIDIN-B-3 2 Leaf *
PRODELPHINIDIN-B-1 0 Bark 2.0 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 250.0 1800.0 -0.61 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 8200.0 62000.0 -0.64 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 3 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 4 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 9 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
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 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 11 *
Allelochemic 4 *
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 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *