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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.
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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Iodine) 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Manganese) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidrepanocytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidyspeptic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiecchymotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antieczemic 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 1 Duke, 1992 *