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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
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
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 *