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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 360.0 3670.0 0.01 *
L-MALIC-ACID 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LACTIC-ACID 8 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 550.0 3960.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCOANTHOCYANIN 1 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Flower *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Fruit 200.0 625.0 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Heart Wood *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Leaf 1500.0 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Root *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Stem *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Stem Bark 4000.0 *
LEUCOCYANIDINS 0 Fruit 1000.0 *
LEUCOCYANIDINS 0 Leaf 4000.0 *
LEUCOCYANIN 0 Root *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 1000.0 -0.61 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil *
LIMONENE 60 Pericarp Essent. Oil *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 1820.0 13104.0 -0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant 1 *
Stomachic 1 *
Styptic 1 *
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 *
Teratologic 1 *
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 *
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 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 *
TOPO-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-I-Antagonist 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 167.1999.
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 4 *