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
2,5-DIMETHYL-4-HYDROXY-3(2H)-FURANONE	0	Plant	not available	1.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
5-STIGMASTENE-3-BETA-7-ALPHA-DIOL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Fruit	0.6	1.4	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Fruit	not available	0.5	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXYACETONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACRYLIC-ACID	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	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	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Fruit	1.0	7.0	-1.01	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
AMYL-CAPROATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANANASIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANANASIC-ACID	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Fruit	46.0	1333.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	148.0	4178.0	-0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	2800.0	36000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Fruit	not available	1251.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	293.0	4222.0	-0.78	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
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	13	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	17	Duke, 1992 *
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticalculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *