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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Ananas comosus (Bromeliaceae)

Common Names
Pineapple
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 59000.0 150000.0 0.32 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SULFUR 14 Fruit 70.0 200.0 -0.85 *
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 0.0 7.0 0.21 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 78.0 859.0 -0.90 *
TRANS-TETRAHYDRO-ALPHA-ALPHA-5-TRIMETHYL-5-VINYLFURFURYL-ALC 0 Plant *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit 58.0 889.0 -0.63 *
VALINE 3 Fruit 39.0 1185.0 -0.67 *
VANILLIN 28 Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
VIT-B-6 0 Fruit 0.9 6.0 -0.37 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
WATER 0 Fruit 812000.0 890000.0 0.52 *
ZINC 77 Fruit 0.7 6.0 -0.73 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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 *
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 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 2 *
Culicide 1 *
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 *
Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Dermatitigenic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Detoxicant 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic? 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
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