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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 48.0 667.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-ACETIC-ACID-OXIDASE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 3.0 73.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTANOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-ACETATE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-FORMATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCAPRONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 23.0 963.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
ISOPROPYL-ISOBUTYRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 460.0 3770.0 0.17 Wealth of India.
L-MALIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 24.0 1407.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 840.0 6222.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Fruit 46.0 1852.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 110.0 1075.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 1000.0 4700.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 12.0 209.0 0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHANOL 2 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
Antialcoholic 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiamblyopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 4 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiappetant 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiarabiflavinotic 1 Martindale's 28th