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
PROTEIN	0	Seed	150000.0	152000.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
PROTO-BASSIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSIDININ-A	0	Bark	not available	160.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSIDININ-B	0	Bark	not available	24.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSIDININ-C	0	Bark	not available	23.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PSIDIOLIC-ACID	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.
PSIGUAVIN	0	Bark	not available	38.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Fruit	2530.0	18200.0	0.46	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PYROGALLOL-TANNINS	0	Bark	not available	135000.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PYROGALLOL-TANNINS	0	Leaf	40000.0	78000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Heart Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	200.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GENTIOBIOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN	44	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	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.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	0.4	4.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Fruit	20.0	100.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *