Affiliation:
1. Department of Chemistry, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur-313001, India
Abstract
Background:
Psidium guajava (guava) is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical
regions and adapted to various environmental conditions. Guava is an important economic fruit
widely used as food and folk medicine. It contains flavonoids, alkaloids, tannins, triterpenoids, reducing
sugars, essential oils, carotenoids, polyphenols, etc. The presence of triterpenoid acids such
as guavacoumaric, ursolic, jacoumaric, guajavanoic, guavenoic, and Asiatic acids helps to develop
novel drugs against various diseases. It is used traditionally for medicinal purposes, mainly for antioxidant,
antimicrobial, antispasmodic, antidiabetic, anticancer, antiallergy, anti-inflammatory,
and hepato-protective properties.
Objective:
The systematic literature study aims to summarize its botanical description, phytochemicals,
pharmacological activities, and clinical trials. This review focuses on the plant’s chemical
composition and scientific approaches to human welfare.
Methods:
A systematic literature search was done on Psidium guajava through previous literature
and online databases such as Google Scholar, Pubmed, Science Direct, etc., to explain its ethnomedicinal
uses, phytochemistry, and pharmacological applications.
Results:
Previous literature studies of Psidium guajava suggest it can serve as antioxidant, antimicrobial,
antispasmodic, antidiabetic, anticancer, anti-allergy, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective
effects. Successful clinical trials performed on the plant extracts against infantile rotaviral
enteritis and infectious gastroenteritis showed future directions to work with the plant for clinical
applications.
Conclusion:
In this review, an attempt is made to show all literature studied, especially in phytochemistry,
pharmacology, clinical trials and uses as traditional folk medicine around the world.
The leaves have been used by folklore over the years to treat various ailments such as skin ulcers,
diarrhoea, vaginal irritation, cough, conjunctivitis, etc. Further studies are required to explore more
therapeutic remedies and to develop new medicines for future perspectives.
Publisher
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
Subject
Organic Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Drug Discovery,General Medicine
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