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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
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
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