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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae)

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
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 13900.0 -0.80 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 200.0 -0.58 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
LUPEOL 21 Fruit *
LUTEIC-ACID 0 Bark List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
LYSINE 4 Fruit 230.0 1656.0 -0.64 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 98.0 735.0 -0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MALTOSE 2 Fruit *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 1.0 12.0 -0.32 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MANNOSE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Fruit *
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Leaf *
MASLINIC-ACID 6 Leaf Essent. Oil *
MECOCYANIN 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
MENTHOL 63 Leaf Essent. Oil *
METHANOL 2 Fruit *
METHIONINE 15 Plant 50.0 360.0 -0.84 *
METHYL-CINNAMATE 5 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHYL-ETHYL-KETONE 1 Fruit *
METHYL-ISOPROPYLKETONE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
MONGOLICAIN-A 0 Bark 40.2 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 5 *
Antiheartburn 1 *
Antihelicobacter 1 *
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 13 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 11 *
Antiherpetic? 1 *
Antihiccup 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic 10 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
AntiHIV 12 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperglycemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.