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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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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
NITROGEN 0 Fruit 450.0 1150.0 -0.94 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 450.0 3333.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit 50.0 58.0 -0.30 *
P-AMINOBENZOIC-ACID 12 Fruit 0.0 1.0 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant 330.0 730.0 1.00 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 190.0 1407.0 -0.34 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 30.0 220.0 -0.31 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID 11 Fruit 1.0 11.0 -0.45 *
PECTIN 24 Fruit 600.0 1600.0 -0.61 *
PENTANOL 0 Fruit *
PENTOSANS 0 Fruit 3300.0 4300.0 -0.83 *
PEROXIDASE 0 Fruit *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 40.0 889.0 -0.85 *
PHOSPHATASE 0 Fruit *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 60.0 923.0 -0.70 *
PHYLLOQUINONE 5 Fruit 0.0 -0.23 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 60.0 444.0 -0.65 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 110.0 18200.0 0.03 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 31.0 963.0 -0.84 *
PROPANOL 0 Fruit *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Larvicide 1 *
Laxative 6 Martindale's 29th
Laxative? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic 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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipolytic 1 *
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor 1 *
Lymphocytogenic 1 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 2 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Monoamine-Precursor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 2 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).