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
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
Antineuralgic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinitrosaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosating	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiobesity?	1	Internat. J. Oriental Med. 16: 4.
Antiodontalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antionychyotic	1	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiophthalmic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	7	Duke, 1992 *