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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
ETHYL-FORMATE 1 Fruit *
ETHYL-ISOBUTYRATE 2 Fruit *
ETHYL-ISOVALERATE 1 Fruit 0.4 *
ETHYL-LACTATE 1 Fruit *
ETHYL-PROPIONATE 1 Fruit *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 42772.0 -0.31 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant 200.0 760.0 0.30 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 3000.0 45000.0 -0.91 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 6000.0 23000.0 -0.57 *
GABA 22 Fruit 124.0 -0.83 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Fruit 124.0 -0.73 *
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE 0 Fruit *
GAMMA-CAPROLACTONE 0 Fruit 0.1 *
GAMMA-EUDESMOL 0 Fruit Wealth of India.
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 0 Fruit 0.3 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 10000.0 32000.0 -0.56 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 90.0 3333.0 -0.77 *
GLUTAMINE 5 Fruit 256.0 -1.30 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 65.0 1259.0 -0.91 *
HEXOSANS 0 Fruit 1000.0 1500.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 5 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisinusitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 10 Martindale's 28th
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 1 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistress 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antisunburn 1 *
Antisyndrome-X 4 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antithiamin 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antithrombophlebitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antithrombotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antithyroid 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antithyrotoxic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.