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Plant Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Guava
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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.
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 *