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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
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
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