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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ARABINOSE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE-HEXAHYDROXYDIPHENYL-ACID-ESTER 0 Fruit not available 1000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 210.0 1512.0 -0.75 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARJUNOLIC-ACID 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARJUNOLIC-ACID 5 Root not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
AROMADENDRENE 3 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 24.0 18315.0 0.85 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed not available 8.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIGEN 0 Fruit 253.0 2145.0 not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH 0 Fruit 4300.0 43200.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Seed not available 30000.0 -0.54 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASIATIC-ACID 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 520.0 3744.0 -0.84 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AVICULARIN 7 Leaf not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZALDEHYDE 24 Fruit not available 1000.0 1.65 Duke, 1992 *
BENZENE 3 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.
BENZOTHIAZOLE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antileukemic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukorrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antileukotriene 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antileukotriene-D4 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 7 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).