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Plant Ananas comosus (Bromeliaceae)

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
METHIONINE 15 Fruit 110.0 815.0 -0.18 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHYL-ACETATE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BETA-ACETOXYHEXANOATE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BETA-HYDROXYHEXANOATE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BETA-METHYLTHIOPROPIONATE 0 Fruit 0.1 1.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-BUTYRATE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CAPROATE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CAPRYLATE 2 Fruit not available 0.8 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-CIS-(4?)-OCTENOATE 0 Fruit not available 0.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ISOBUTYRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ISOCAPROATE 0 Fruit not available 1.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ISOVALERATE 2 Fruit not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-N-PROPYL-KETONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available 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 not available not available not available Wealth of India.
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Leaf not available not available not available Wealth of India.
N-VALERIANIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 2.0 33.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
NITRATE 0 Fruit 0.0 1200.0 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
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 8 Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).