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

Common Names

Pineapple

How this plant is used

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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
NITROGEN	0	Fruit	450.0	1150.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	450.0	3333.0	-0.46	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	50.0	58.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
P-AMINOBENZOIC-ACID	12	Fruit	0.0	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	330.0	730.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	190.0	1407.0	-0.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	30.0	220.0	-0.31	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	1.0	11.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Fruit	600.0	1600.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS	0	Fruit	3300.0	4300.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	40.0	889.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATASE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	60.0	923.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	60.0	444.0	-0.65	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	110.0	18200.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	31.0	963.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
PROPANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitinnitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitourette	1	Martindale's 28th
Antitriglyceride	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
Antitubercular	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	10	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Bladder)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antitumor (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	4	Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	3	Werbach & Murray, 1994.
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	4	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcer	11	Duke, 1992 *