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
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN	7	Bark	not available	571.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GALLOCATECHIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-3-4-6-TETRA-O-GALLOYL-GLUCOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-THIOPHENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-FURFURAL	0	Fruit	not available	7000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-2-OL	0	Fruit	not available	10000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPANE-1-THIOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-THIO-BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-THIOPHENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENETHYLACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2ALPHA-HYDROXYURSOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,3'-DI-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
3-METHYL-BUTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTYL-ACETATE	0	Fruit	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-THIOPHENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-O-METHYL-ELLAGIC-ACID	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Lowry, J. B. 1968. The Distribution and Potential Taxonomic Value of Alkylated Ellagic Acids. Phytochemistry 7 10: 1803-1813
5-ETHOXY-THIAZOLE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-MERCAPTO-HEXAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Fruit	not available	2000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Pesticide	46	Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Pheromone	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Phospholipase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytohormonal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Potassium-Sparing	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Poultice	1	Martindale's 29th
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	4	Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.
Prostatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protease-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *