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
ARABINOSE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE-HEXAHYDROXYDIPHENYL-ACID-ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	1000.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ARGININE	14	Fruit	210.0	1512.0	-0.75	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARJUNOLIC-ACID	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARJUNOLIC-ACID	5	Root	not available	100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AROMADENDRENE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
AROMADENDRENE	3	Pericarp Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	24.0	18315.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	8.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIGEN	0	Fruit	253.0	2145.0	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASH	0	Fruit	4300.0	43200.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	not available	30000.0	-0.54	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ASIATIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	520.0	3744.0	-0.84	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AVICULARIN	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
BENZALDEHYDE	24	Fruit	not available	1000.0	1.65	Duke, 1992 *
BENZENE	3	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.
BENZOTHIAZOLE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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