A Complete Review on Psidium guajava Linn (Medicinal Plant)

Psidium guajava is an essential food crop and medicinal plant that is commonly used in foods and folk medicines around the world and is available in tropical and subtropical countries. It contains important phytoconstituents such as tannins, triterpenes, flavonoid: quercetin, pentacyclic triterpenoid: guajanoic acid, saponins, carotenoids, lectins, leucocyanidin, ellagic acid, amritoside, betasitosterol, uvaol, oleanolic acid and ursolic acid. This analysis is an attempt to compile all the information published on its ethanobotanical, phytochemical and pharmacological activities, considering the immense medicinal significance of the plant. In view of the immense medicinal importance of the plant, this study is an effort to compile all the knowledge reported on its ethanobotanical, phytochemical and pharmacological activities. Many pharmacological studies have demonstrated the ability of this plant to exhibit antioxidant, hepatoprotective, anti-allergy, antimicrobial, antigenotoxic, antiplasmodial, cytotoxic, antispasmodic, cardioactive, anticough, antidiabetic, antiinflamatory and antinociceptive activities, supporting its traditional uses. Suggesting a wide range of clinical applications for the treatment of infantile rotaviral enteritis, diarrhoea and diabetes.