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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Ananas comosus (Bromeliaceae)

Common Names
Pineapple
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2,5-DIMETHYL-4-HYDROXY-3(2H)-FURANONE 0 Plant 1.2 *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
5-STIGMASTENE-3-BETA-7-ALPHA-DIOL 0 Leaf *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Fruit 0.6 1.4 -0.71 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit 0.5 -0.64 *
ACETONE 3 Fruit *
ACETOXYACETONE 0 Fruit *
ACRYLIC-ACID 2 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALANINE 3 Fruit 170.0 1259.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 620.0 4592.0 0.93 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Wealth of India.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 1.0 7.0 -1.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AMYL-CAPROATE 1 Fruit *
ANANASIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ANANASIC-ACID 0 Stem *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 46.0 1333.0 -0.79 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 148.0 4178.0 -0.02 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2800.0 36000.0 -0.54 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Fruit 1251.0 -0.05 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 293.0 4222.0 -0.78 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 *
Acarifuge 1 *
ACE-Inhibitor 2 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
Acidulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Addictive 1 Science News, 145: 294.
Adjuvant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Aggregant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 Ichikawa, K., et al. 1991. Isolation and Structure Determination of Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Traditional Thai Medicine, and Syntheses of Their Derivatives. Sankyo Kenkyusho Nempo, 43: 99-110.
Allelochemic 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 Holappa, L.D., and Blum*, U. 1991. Effects of Exogenously Applied Ferulic Acid, a Potential Allelopathic Compound, on Leaf Growth, Water Utilization, and Endogenous Abscisic Acid Levels of Tomato, Cucumber, and Bean. J. of Chemical Ecology, 17(5): 865.
Allergenic 12 Mitchell, J. and Rook, A.J. 1923. Botanical Dermatology: plants and plant products injurious to the skin. Vancouver: Greengrass, 1979. xiii, 787 p.: ill.
Alpha-Amylase-Inhibitor 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Analeptic 2 *
Analgesic 8 *