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
ARABINOSE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE-HEXAHYDROXYDIPHENYL-ACID-ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	1000.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ARGININE	14	Fruit	210.0	1512.0	-0.75	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARJUNOLIC-ACID	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARJUNOLIC-ACID	5	Root	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	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.
AROMADENDRENE	3	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	24.0	18315.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	8.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIGEN	0	Fruit	253.0	2145.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH	0	Fruit	4300.0	43200.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	30000.0	-0.54	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASIATIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	520.0	3744.0	-0.84	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AVICULARIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Fruit	not available	1000.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
BENZENE	3	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.
BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *