What is the chemical component of guava (particularly its leaves) that treats various illnesses?

Question

what is in the guava leaves that when being used as herbal medicine, it treats diarrhea, ringworms, stomatitis, sunburn?

please... answer me the chemical component or maybe send me a link to a helpful website.

thanks!

Answer 1

i think this is the article you are looking for, it correlates guava's chemical composition with medicinal properties:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:XCV...

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the other references are not much to look at

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http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journ...

"The composition of the volatile oil obtained from the hydrodistillation of the leaves of Psidium guajava L., growing in Nigeria, was studied by GC-MS. Forty-two compounds, representing more than 90% of the volatile mixture, were identified. The significant compounds were limonene (42.1%) and -caryophyllene (21.3%).

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http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa...

"The composition of the essential oil obtained from the hydrodistillation of the leaves of Psidium guajava L. was analyzed by capillary GC and GC/MS. A total of 50 compounds were identified. The major constituents identified in the oil were: β-caryophyllene (27.7%), α-pinene (14.7%) and 1,8-cineole (12.4%). "