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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
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
Neurotransmitter 1 Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic 2 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Nociceptive 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.
Odontolytic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oxidant 2 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 4 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
Paralytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Percutaneostimulant 2 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 20 Merck 11th Edition
Peristaltic 2 Duke, 1992 *