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
Antihyperlipidemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiielus?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiimpotence	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	34	Martindale's 28th
Antiinsomniac	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antileishmanic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th