What are the nutritional benefits of guava seeds?

[enlist89]

What kind of minerals or substances that are present in guava seeds can be beneficial to our health? :confused:

[Phi for All]

Just the seeds? Why would you want to eat just the seeds?

 

Is someone else who just joined going to chime in on how healthy and beneficial guava seeds are? I hope this isn't going to be one of those sock-puppet account scams.

[Realitycheck]

Well, there is no listing for guava "seeds", but the rest of the fruit has a little bit of a bunch of good stuff, like " vitamin C, carotenoids (vitamin A), folate, potassium, fiber, calcium and iron".

 

According to drugs.com, much study has been done on the guava, but primarily the leaf and bark, doesn't say much about the seeds. If you're looking for seeds, you might want to try grape seeds. I had a good experience with them as a super anti-oxidant, but then you want the extract, as eating the actual seeds probably would be too labor-intensive.

 

Uses of Guava

 

Scientific investigations on the medicinal properties of guava leaf products date back to the 1940s. Most scientific evidence examines the clinical efficacy of guava in treating GI disorders. Other investigations examined antiamebic, antibiotic, antidiarrheic, antihyperglycemic, antimutagenic, antispasmodic, and sedative effects, as well as anticough and narcotic-like activities of the plant species. A randomized double-blind study of 122 subjects documented P. guajava leaf extract to be as effective as tetracycline in treating acute infectious diarrhea.

Guava Dosing

 

One trial used the P. guajava extract QG-5 , which is standardized to contain quercetin 1 mg per 500 mg capsule. Patients with infectious gastroenteritis received 1 capsule of QG-5 orally every 8 hours for 3 days. Guava is commercially available in capsules, liquids, powders, and tablets.

http://www.drugs.com/npp/guava.html

 

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c20V5.html

[Mr Skeptic]

I'd eat the fruit, it has plenty of seeds and tastes better.

[enlist89]

Ya I'm currently doing my final year project, where I need to find out the nutritional values/benefits of guava seeds, which later I've to develop nutraceutical products using guava seeds.

 

Well, there is no listing for guava "seeds", but the rest of the fruit has a little bit of a bunch of good stuff, like " vitamin C, carotenoids (vitamin A), folate, potassium, fiber, calcium and iron".

 

According to drugs.com, much study has been done on the guava, but primarily the leaf and bark, doesn't say much about the seeds. If you're looking for seeds, you might want to try grape seeds. I had a good experience with them as a super anti-oxidant, but then you want the extract, as eating the actual seeds probably would be too labor-intensive.

 

http://www.drugs.com/npp/guava.html

 

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c20V5.html

 

My project touches on both grape seeds and guava seeds. However there's quite limited resource on guava seeds.