Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
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Sandra M. Barbalho

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• Review Article
  Psidium Guajava (Guava): A Plant of Multipurpose Medicinal Applications
  Author(s): Sandra M. Barbalho, Flávia M. V. Farinazzi-Machado, Ricardo de Alvares Goulart, Anna Cláudia Saad Brunnati, Alda Maria Machado Bueno Ottoboni and Cláudia Cristina Teixeira Nicolau Sandra M. Barbalho, Flávia M. V. Farinazzi-Machado, Ricardo de Alvares Goulart, Anna Cláudia Saad Brunnati, Alda Maria Machado Bueno Ottoboni and Cláudia Cristina Teixeira Nicolau
  
  Chronic degenerative diseases have reached epidemic proportions in industrialized and developing countries. Many studies have shown that plant can be helpful to prevent or treat diseases. Psidium guajava is a small medicinal tree that is native to South America and Brazil is among the world’s top producers and most of the country’s production is destined for the food industry. It is popularly known as guava and has been used traditionally as a medicinal plant throughout the world for a number of ailments. The aim of this review is to present some chemical compounds in P. guajava and their pharmacological effects. The main constituents of guava leaves are phenolic compounds, isoflavonoids, gallic acid, catechin, epicathechin, rutin, naringenin, kaempferol. The pulp is rich in ascorbic acid, carotenoids (lycopene, β-carotene and β-cryptoxanthin). The seeds, skin an.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0412.1000104

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