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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
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 48.0 667.0 -0.73 Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-ACETIC-ACID-OXIDASE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IODINE 12 Fruit 0.0 1.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Fruit 3.0 73.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTANOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-ACETATE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYL-FORMATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOCAPRONIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 23.0 963.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
ISOPROPYL-ISOBUTYRATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Fruit 460.0 3770.0 0.17 Wealth of India.
L-MALIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available not available not available CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 24.0 1407.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit not available not available not available Wealth of India.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 840.0 6222.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LYSINE 4 Fruit 46.0 1852.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 110.0 1075.0 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit 1000.0 4700.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 12.0 209.0 0.97 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHANOL 2 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
Anticoagulant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 7 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoronary 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 2 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 2 Martindale's 29th
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 9 Martindale's 28th
Antidepressant? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidermatitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.