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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROPYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROPYL-FORMATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 4000.0 | 55000.0 | -0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Fruit | 1460.0 | 10815.0 | -0.07 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 0.0 | 3.0 | -0.43 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Fruit | 10.0 | 150.0 | 0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Fruit | 250.0 | 1852.0 | -0.63 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SEROTONIN | 26 | Fruit | 19.0 | 60.0 | 0.92 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SFA | 0 | Fruit | 320.0 | 2370.0 | -0.33 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SILICON | 4 | Fruit | 110.0 | 690.0 | 1.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SINAPIC-ACID | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 10.0 | 347.0 | -0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Fruit | not available | 19.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Leaf | not available | 30000.0 | -0.15 | Wealth of India. |
| STARCH | 5 | Stem | 100000.0 | 150000.0 | 1.00 | Wealth of India. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | 110.0 | 815.0 | -0.23 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STIGMAST-5-ENE-3-BETA-7-ALPHA-DIOL | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTANOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Fruit | not available | 0.0 | -1.17 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| SUBAPHYLLIN | 3 | Plant | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Urine-Acidifier | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Urine-Deodorant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterosedative | 1 | Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasoactive | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Vasoconstrictor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |