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
GUAVIN-C	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAVIN-D	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTAN-1-AL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-3-EN-1-OL-ACETATE	0	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-EN-1-OL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEX-CIS-3-ENOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAGALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-AL	0	Fruit	not available	32000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL-ACETATE	0	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	155000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXANOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	3000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
HEXYL-ACETATE	1	Fruit	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	70.0	504.0	-0.85	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYPEROSIDE	30	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	3.0	73.0	-0.24	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	300.0	2160.0	-0.44	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOQUERCETIN	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSTRICTININ	0	Leaf	not available	30.0	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 *