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
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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antidysmenorrheic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	3	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antieczemic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	14	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienteritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	6	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.