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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Guava
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TETRADECANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit 2000.0 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.4 4.0 -0.17 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 310.0 2232.0 -0.33 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TOLUENE 1 Fruit 2000.0 1.41 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Fruit 70.0 504.0 -0.49 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 100.0 720.0 -0.70 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Fruit *
URSOLIC-ACID 89 Leaf *
VALERALDEHYDE 0 Fruit *
VALINE 3 Fruit 280.0 2016.0 -0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VALOLAGINIC-ACID 0 Bark 114.2 *
VESCALAGIN-CARBOXYLIC-ACID 1 Bark 20.5 *
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 1.0 10.0 0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Fruit 770000.0 868000.0 0.42 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Seed 103000.0 -0.48 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
WAX 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
XANTHOPHYLL 3 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
XYLOSE 3 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ZEATIN 2 Fruit *
ZEATIN-NUCLEOTIDE 0 Fruit *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Pesticide 46 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
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 *
Prooxidant 3 *
Propecic 5 *
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 *
Protease-Inhibitor 2 *