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
BUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	87000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTANONE	0	Fruit	not available	22000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYRALDEHYDE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALAMENENE	0	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	90.0	1582.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM-OXALATE	4	Leaf	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.
CAMPHENE	9	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	95000.0	901000.0	0.63	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	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.
CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE	8	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CASUARICTIN	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CASUARININ	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CATECHOL-TANNINS	0	Leaf	40000.0	75000.0	-1.41	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CHLORINE	7	Fruit	not available	40.0	-0.67	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CINNAMYL-ACETATE	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.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Motor-Depressant	4	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mucotropic	1	Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Mutagenic	2	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Mycobactericide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	6	Martindale's 29th
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	3	Martindale's 29th
Nematicide	13	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neoplastic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Neurodepressant	1	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neurolytic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Neuropathogenic	1	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Neuroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	2	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.