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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.
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
PROTEIN 0 Seed 150000.0 152000.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
PROTO-BASSIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PSIDININ-A 0 Bark not available 160.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PSIDININ-B 0 Bark not available 24.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
PSIDININ-C 0 Bark not available 23.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
PSIDIOLIC-ACID 0 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.
PSIGUAVIN 0 Bark not available 38.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
PUFA 4 Fruit 2530.0 18200.0 0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PYROGALLOL-TANNINS 0 Bark not available 135000.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PYROGALLOL-TANNINS 0 Leaf 40000.0 78000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Heart Wood not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available 200.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-GENTIOBIOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCITRIN 44 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE 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.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 0.4 4.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES 7 Fruit 20.0 100.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antifibrinolytic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 2 Duke, 1992 *