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
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
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	8	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillus	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	28	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	9	Duke, 1992 *