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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 110.0 815.0 -0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-ACETATE 3 Fruit *
METHYL-BETA-ACETOXYHEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
METHYL-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
METHYL-BETA-HYDROXYHEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
METHYL-BETA-METHYLTHIOPROPIONATE 0 Fruit 0.1 1.1 *
METHYL-BUTYRATE 2 Fruit *
METHYL-CAPROATE 2 Fruit *
METHYL-CAPRYLATE 2 Fruit 0.8 *
METHYL-CIS-(4?)-OCTENOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 *
METHYL-ISOBUTYRATE 0 Fruit *
METHYL-ISOCAPROATE 0 Fruit 1.4 *
METHYL-ISOVALERATE 2 Fruit 0.6 *
METHYL-N-PROPYL-KETONE 0 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
MUFA 13 Fruit 480.0 3556.0 -0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRICYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant Wealth of India.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Leaf Wealth of India.
N-VALERIANIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 33.0 -0.37 *
NITRATE 0 Fruit 0.0 1200.0 *
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