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

Plant 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
CHLORINE 7 Fruit 130.0 460.0 -0.37 *
CITRIC-ACID 23 Fruit 3200.0 86000.0 0.76 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 1.0 8.8 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYANIDIN-3,5,3'-TRIGLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CYANIN 5 Leaf Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CYSTINE 2 Fruit 20.0 148.0 -0.92 *
DELTA-OCTALACTONE 0 Fruit 0.3 1.00 *
DIMETHYL-MALONATE 0 Fruit 0.1 *
ERGOSTEROL-PEROXIDE 0 Leaf *
ERGOSTEROL-PEROXIDE 0 Plant *
ESTERS 0 Fruit 1.0 250.0 *
ETHYL-ACETATE 6 Fruit 3.0 120.0 -0.71 *
ETHYL-ACRYLATE 3 Fruit 0.8 *
ETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit 60.0 *
ETHYL-BETA-ACETOXYHEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
ETHYL-BETA-HYDROXYHEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
ETHYL-BETA-METHYLTHIOPROPIONATE 0 Fruit 0.1 *
ETHYL-BUTYRATE 1 Fruit *
ETHYL-CAPROATE 0 Fruit 0.8 *
ETHYL-CAPRYLATE 0 Fruit *
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