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
ACETONE	3	Fruit	not available	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLFURAN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACUTISSIMIN-A	0	Bark	not available	857.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACUTISSIMIN-B	0	Bark	not available	3.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	410.0	2952.0	-0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN-ACETATE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Fruit	not available	6000.0	2.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	710.0	5112.0	1.16	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	378000.0	1.33	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Fruit	not available	1000.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMRITOSIDE	0	Heart Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMRITOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	850.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMRITOSIDE	0	Stem Bark	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABAN	0	Fruit	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.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Analgesic	16	Martindale's 28th
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic	5	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anhydrotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacetylcholinesterase	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacid	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacne	9	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenovirus	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiadhesive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaflatoxin	2	Duke, 1992 *