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
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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Bacteristat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Calcium-Antagonist	3	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	27	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	4	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiac	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.
Cardioprotective	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiovascular	3	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Carminative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *