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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Styptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant	1	Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Sweetener	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Teratologic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Termitifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *