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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
2,5-DIMETHYL-4-HYDROXY-3(2H)-FURANONE 0 Plant 1.2 *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE 15 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
5-STIGMASTENE-3-BETA-7-ALPHA-DIOL 0 Leaf *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Fruit 0.6 1.4 -0.71 *
ACETIC-ACID 16 Fruit 0.5 -0.64 *
ACETONE 3 Fruit *
ACETOXYACETONE 0 Fruit *
ACRYLIC-ACID 2 Plant CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ALANINE 3 Fruit 170.0 1259.0 -0.96 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 620.0 4592.0 0.93 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Fruit Wealth of India.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Fruit 1.0 7.0 -1.01 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AMYL-CAPROATE 1 Fruit *
ANANASIC-ACID 0 Plant *
ANANASIC-ACID 0 Stem *
ARGININE 14 Fruit 46.0 1333.0 -0.79 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit 148.0 4178.0 -0.02 *
ASH 0 Fruit 2800.0 36000.0 -0.54 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Fruit 1251.0 -0.05 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit 293.0 4222.0 -0.78 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respiraparalytic 1 *
Respirotoxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 1 *
Sedative 7 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
Serotoninergic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 1 *
Spermicide 2 Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant 1 *
Succinic-Dehydrogenase-Inhibitor 1 ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Sunscreen 3 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratogenic 1 Martindale's 29th