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
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Pericarp	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Stem Bark	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	2600.0	3600.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL	24	Fruit	not available	258000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Fruit	not available	262000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BUTYRATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENIGRANDIN-A	0	Bark	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	1000.0	43200.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	not available	60000.0	0.07	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FAT	0	Seed	100000.0	143000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	28000.0	403200.0	2.47	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	not available	424000.0	2.28	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FOENICULIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	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.
GALLIC-ACID	62	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Heart Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	5	Martindale's 29th
Antimite	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiMRSA	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic	1	Martindale's 29th