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
GALLOYL-TANNIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-MUUROLENE	0	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GENTISIC-ACID	8	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Griffiths, L. A. 1959. On the Distribution of Gentisic Acid in Green Plants. J. Exp. Biol. 10: 437.
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Seed	not available	1000.0	-0.56	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLUCURONIC-ACID	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	1070.0	7704.0	-0.43	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GLYCINE	12	Fruit	410.0	2952.0	-0.25	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
GRANDININ	0	Bark	not available	371.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAFINE	0	Bark	not available	20000.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GUAIJAVARIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIJAVERIN	3	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIJAVERIN	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIJAVERIN	3	Leaf	not available	350.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAJAVIN	0	Bark	not available	24.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAJAVIN-B	0	Bark	not available	211.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAJIVERINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GUAJIVOLIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GUAVIN-A	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAVIN-B	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *