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Plant Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae)

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
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 360.0 3670.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
L-MALIC-ACID 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.
LACTIC-ACID 8 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.
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 550.0 3960.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCOANTHOCYANIN 1 Bark 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.
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Fruit 200.0 625.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Heart Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Leaf not available 1500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Stem Bark not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDINS 0 Fruit not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDINS 0 Leaf not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit not available 1000.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 1820.0 13104.0 -0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
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 *