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
MUFA	13	Fruit	550.0	3955.0	-0.20	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRCENE	22	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	not available	27000.0	3.83	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICETIN	34	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.
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	120.0	864.0	-0.23	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
N-OCTANE	0	Fruit	not available	14000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDIOL	1	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
NIACIN	39	Fruit	0.3	86.0	0.34	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	19000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTYL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	8000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Heart Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	520.0	3744.0	-0.45	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	27900.0	-0.75	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Leucocytogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Lithogenic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 29th
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lymphocytogenic	1	Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
MAO-A-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Mitotic	1	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
MMP-9-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *