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
CHLORINE	7	Fruit	130.0	460.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	Fruit	3200.0	86000.0	0.76	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	1.0	8.8	-0.31	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CYANIDIN-3,5,3'-TRIGLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CYANIN	5	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CYSTINE	2	Fruit	20.0	148.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-OCTALACTONE	0	Fruit	not available	0.3	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
DIMETHYL-MALONATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL-PEROXIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL-PEROXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESTERS	0	Fruit	1.0	250.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACETATE	6	Fruit	3.0	120.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ACRYLATE	3	Fruit	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ALCOHOL	0	Fruit	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BETA-ACETOXYHEXANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BETA-HYDROXYHEXANOATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BETA-METHYLTHIOPROPIONATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-BUTYRATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-CAPROATE	0	Fruit	not available	0.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-CAPRYLATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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 *