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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 87000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTANONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 22000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BUTYRALDEHYDE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENENE | 0 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 90.0 | 1582.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Leaf | 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. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 95000.0 | 901000.0 | 0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | 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. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Pericarp Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CASUARICTIN | 5 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CASUARININ | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CATECHOL-TANNINS | 0 | Leaf | 40000.0 | 75000.0 | -1.41 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CHLORINE | 7 | Fruit | not available | 40.0 | -0.67 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CINNAMYL-ACETATE | 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. |
| 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 |