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
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
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 *