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Plant Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae)

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
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Fruit not available 2000.0 0.75 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Fruit 0.8 46.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-COPAENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-FARNESENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BETA-HUMULENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 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.
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Heart Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BRAHMIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BUTANAL 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.
BUTANEDIONE 0 Fruit not available 20000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *