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
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Pericarp	not available	1300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELLAGIC-ACID	51	Stem Bark	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	2600.0	3600.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
ETHANOL	24	Fruit	not available	258000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Fruit	not available	262000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BUTYRATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENIGRANDIN-A	0	Bark	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FARNESENE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	1000.0	43200.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	not available	60000.0	0.07	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
FAT	0	Seed	100000.0	143000.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	28000.0	403200.0	2.47	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	not available	424000.0	2.28	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
FOENICULIN	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	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.
GALLIC-ACID	62	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Heart Wood	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID	62	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GALLIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *