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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
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
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).