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.
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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	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ISOBUTYRATE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ISOVALERATE	1	Fruit	not available	0.4	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-LACTATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PROPIONATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	1000.0	42772.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Plant	200.0	760.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	3000.0	45000.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Fruit	6000.0	23000.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
GABA	22	Fruit	not available	124.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID	22	Fruit	not available	124.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CAPROLACTONE	0	Fruit	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-EUDESMOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE	0	Fruit	not available	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	10000.0	32000.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	90.0	3333.0	-0.77	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE	5	Fruit	not available	256.0	-1.30	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Fruit	65.0	1259.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
HEXOSANS	0	Fruit	1000.0	1500.0	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
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	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
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	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.
Cytotoxic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Demulcent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Digestive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Disinfectant	1	Martindale's 29th