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
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
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