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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
BUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit 87000.0 *
BUTANONE 0 Fruit 22000.0 *
BUTYL-ACETATE 0 Fruit 1000.0 *
BUTYRALDEHYDE 2 Fruit *
CALAMENENE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 90.0 1582.0 -0.52 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Fruit *
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Leaf List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAMPHENE 9 Pericarp Essent. Oil *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 95000.0 901000.0 0.63 *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Essential Oil *
CARYOPHYLLENE 31 Pericarp Essent. Oil *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Essential Oil *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Leaf Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 8 Pericarp Essent. Oil *
CASUARICTIN 5 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CASUARININ 4 Plant Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CATECHOL-TANNINS 0 Leaf 40000.0 75000.0 -1.41 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHLORINE 7 Fruit 40.0 -0.67 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CINNAMYL-ACETATE 3 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 3 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 5 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 2 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 9 *
Decongestant? 1 Eccles, R., et al. 1989. The effects of oral administration of (-)-menthol on nasal resistance to airflow and nasal sensation of airflow in subjects suffering from nasal congestion associated with the common cold. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 652-654, 1990.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Demulcent 2 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 4 *
Detoxicant 5 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diagnostic 1 Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Disinfectant 1 Martindale's 29th
Diuretic 12 *
Dye 2 Merck 11th Edition