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Plant Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae)

Common Names
Guava
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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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 Duke, 1992 *
L-MALIC-ACID 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.
LACTIC-ACID 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.
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 550.0 3960.0 -0.24 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCOANTHOCYANIN 1 Bark 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.
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Fruit 200.0 625.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Heart Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Leaf not available 1500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDIN 1 Stem Bark not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDINS 0 Fruit not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIDINS 0 Leaf not available 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCOCYANIN 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit not available 1000.0 -0.61 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Pericarp Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 1820.0 13104.0 -0.17 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.