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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
CIS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Pericarp Essent. Oil *
CITRAL 53 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
COPPER 12 Fruit 1.0 9.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CRATAEGOLIC-ACID 0 Leaf ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
D-GALACTOSE 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
D-GALACTURONIC-ACID 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DECANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit 1000.0 *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Fruit *
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Pericarp Essent. Oil *
DELTA-ELEMENE 0 Essential Oil *
DIISOPROPYL-DISULFIDE 0 Fruit *
DIMETHYL-DISULFIDE 2 Fruit *
DIMETHYL-SULFONE 0 Fruit *
DIMETHYL-TRISULFIDE 0 Fruit *
DODECANOIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Bark 8000.0 1.00 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Flower *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Fruit 520.0 -0.54 *
ELLAGIC-ACID 51 Leaf 150.0 -0.71 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.