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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Guava
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 13900.0 -0.80 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 200.0 -0.58 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LUPEOL 21 Fruit *
LUTEIC-ACID 0 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LYSINE 4 Fruit 230.0 1656.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 98.0 735.0 -0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MALTOSE 2 Fruit *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.0 12.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANNOSE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Fruit *
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Leaf *
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MECOCYANIN 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MENTHOL 63 Leaf Essent. Oil *
METHANOL 2 Fruit *
METHIONINE 15 Plant 50.0 360.0 -0.84 *
METHYL-CINNAMATE 5 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE 1 Fruit *
METHYL-ISOPROPYLKETONE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MONGOLICAIN-A 0 Bark 40.2 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiphenylketonuric 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplasmodial 6 *
AntiPMS 5 *
Antipneumonic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolyneuritic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 4 *
Antiproliferative 1 *
Antiprostaglandin 4 *
Antiprostanoid 1 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 7 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).