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.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ACETONE	3	Fruit	not available	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYLFURAN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACUTISSIMIN-A	0	Bark	not available	857.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACUTISSIMIN-B	0	Bark	not available	3.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Fruit	410.0	2952.0	-0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-AMYRIN	10	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-AMYRIN-ACETATE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Fruit	not available	6000.0	2.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-HUMULENE	2	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	710.0	5112.0	1.16	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	378000.0	1.33	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SELINENE	3	Fruit	not available	1000.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMRITOSIDE	0	Heart Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMRITOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	850.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AMRITOSIDE	0	Stem Bark	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABAN	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.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
AntiAGE	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiaggregant	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergenic	3	Dorsch, W., Wagner, H. New Antiasthmatic Drugs from Traditional Medicine? Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 94: 262-265, 1991.
Antiallergic	9	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.