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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Ananas comosus (Bromeliaceae)

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Common name(s)
Pineapple
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 2,5-DIMETHYL-4-HYDROXY-3(2H)-FURANONE Plant -- 1.2 -- *
15 5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE Plant -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
0 5-STIGMASTENE-3-BETA-7-ALPHA-DIOL Leaf -- -- -- *
6 ACETALDEHYDE Fruit 0.6 1.4 -0.71 *
16 ACETIC-ACID Fruit -- 0.5 -0.64 *
3 ACETONE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 ACETOXYACETONE Fruit -- -- -- *
2 ACRYLIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
3 ALANINE Fruit 170.0 1259.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
15 ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID Fruit 620.0 4592.0 0.93 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
23 ALPHA-TERPINEOL Fruit -- -- -- Wealth of India.
32 ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL Fruit 1.0 7.0 -1.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
1 AMYL-CAPROATE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 ANANASIC-ACID Stem -- -- -- *
0 ANANASIC-ACID Plant -- -- -- *
14 ARGININE Fruit 46.0 1333.0 -0.79 *
112 ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 148.0 4178.0 -0.02 *
0 ASH Fruit 2800.0 36000.0 -0.54 *
2 ASPARAGINE Fruit -- 1251.0 -0.05 *
3 ASPARTIC-ACID Fruit 293.0 4222.0 -0.78 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.