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Plant Ananas comosus (Bromeliaceae)

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
ETHYL-FORMATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ISOBUTYRATE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-ISOVALERATE 1 Fruit not available 0.4 not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-LACTATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ETHYL-PROPIONATE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 1000.0 42772.0 -0.31 Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Plant 200.0 760.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 3000.0 45000.0 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 6000.0 23000.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
GABA 22 Fruit not available 124.0 -0.83 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Fruit not available 124.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-BUTYROLACTONE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CAPROLACTONE 0 Fruit not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-EUDESMOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Wealth of India.
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 0 Fruit not available 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 10000.0 32000.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 90.0 3333.0 -0.77 Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE 5 Fruit not available 256.0 -1.30 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 65.0 1259.0 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
HEXOSANS 0 Fruit 1000.0 1500.0 not available 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 *