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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Bark 571.4 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN 7 Leaf *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil *
2-3-4-6-TETRA-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE 0 Root *
2-ETHYL-THIOPHENE 0 Fruit *
2-FURFURAL 0 Fruit 7000.0 *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-2-OL 0 Fruit 10000.0 *
2-METHYL-PROPANE-1-THIOL 0 Fruit *
2-METHYL-THIO-BENZOTHIAZOLE 0 Fruit *
2-METHYL-THIOPHENE 0 Fruit *
2-PHENETHYLACETATE 0 Fruit 2000.0 *
2ALPHA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID 0 Plant *
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit 3000.0 *
3-METHYL-BUTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit 1000.0 *
3-METHYL-THIOPHENE 0 Fruit *
3-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID 0 Bark Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
5-ETHOXY-THIAZOLE 0 Fruit *
6-MERCAPTO-HEXAN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Fruit 2000.0 1.41 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 2 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 5 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 *
Antimigraine 5 Martindale's 29th
Antimite 1 *
Antimitotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 *
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMRSA 2 *
AntiMS 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 19 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephritic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th