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. 2021 Apr 1;10(4):752. doi: 10.3390/foods10040752

Table 2.

Essential oil components of guava leaves.

Compounds Content/Composition References
Essential oil components [31]
α-Pinene 1.53%
Benzaldehyde 0.83%
p-cymene 0.52%
Limonene 54.7%
1,8-Cineole 32.14%
β-cis-Ocimene 0.28%
γ-Terpinene 0.38%
α-Terpineol 1.79%
β-Caryophyllene 2.91%
α-Humulene 0.77%
Total identified constituents 95.85%
Caryophyllene, copaene, nerolidol, caryophyllene oxide, humulene, limonene, eucalyptol, beta-bisabolene, cadin-4-en-10-ol, trans-cadina-1,4-diene, sesquiterpenes, eugenol, isoeugenol, cevadine, emetine (extracted from guava leaves, Ludhiana, India using hydro-distillation by Clevenger-type apparatus) - [21]