Review on nutritional, medicinal and pharmacological properties of Guava (Psidium guajava Linn.)

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-69

  Joseph, Baby ^a   MINI PRIYA, R ^a  

^a MALANKARA CATHOLIC COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Guava; Medicinal plant; Pharmacological properties; Poor man apple; Psidium guajava

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ASCORBIC ACID; ATROPINE; CAROTENOID; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GALLOCATECHIN; GUAVA EXTRACT; HUMULENE; ISOFLAVONOID; LOPERAMIDE; NICOTINAMIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE 1B; QUERCETIN; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; SAPONIN; SECOIRIDOID; SILYMARIN; TEA TREE OIL; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; THIAMINE; TRITERPENOID; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ACNE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIPYRETIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER INHIBITION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COUGHING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; FLOWER; FOOD COMPOSITION; GASTROENTERITIS; GUAVA; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFANTILE DIARRHEA; INOTROPISM; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALARIA; MUSCLE SPASM; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA;

EID: 79957836436     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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