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

Common Names

Pineapple

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Fruit	0.0	3.0	-0.15	Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
BETA-METHYL-THIOPROPIONIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-METHYL-THIOPROPIONIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Fruit	not available	40.0	-0.74	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BIACETYL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Fruit	not available	0.2	-0.80	Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
BROMELAIN	54	Fruit	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BROMELAIN	54	Fruit Juice	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BROMELAIN	54	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BROMELAIN	54	Pericarp	not available	750.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BROMELAIN	54	Stem	400.0	6000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BROMELIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BUTYL-FORMATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
CALCIUM	28	Fruit	62.0	1308.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTANOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
CAMPESTEROL	2	Fruit	not available	10.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Fruit	116000.0	938000.0	0.83	Duke, 1992 *
CELLULOSE	1	Fruit	4300.0	5400.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
CHAVICOL	3	Fruit	not available	0.3	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiinfective	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	15	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomniac?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinsomnic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antilactobacillic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antilethargic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *