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
Urine-Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Varroacide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	11	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	3	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	9	Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229