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
NITROGEN	0	Fruit	450.0	1150.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	450.0	3333.0	-0.46	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	50.0	58.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
P-AMINOBENZOIC-ACID	12	Fruit	0.0	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	330.0	730.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	190.0	1407.0	-0.34	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	30.0	220.0	-0.31	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PANTOTHENIC-ACID	11	Fruit	1.0	11.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Fruit	600.0	1600.0	-0.61	Duke, 1992 *
PENTANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTOSANS	0	Fruit	3300.0	4300.0	-0.83	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	40.0	889.0	-0.85	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATASE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	60.0	923.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
PHYLLOQUINONE	5	Fruit	not available	0.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	60.0	444.0	-0.65	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	110.0	18200.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE	0	Fruit	31.0	963.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
PROPANOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	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
Antigastric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastrisecretogogic	1	Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Antigastritic	4	Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglutamaergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigoiter	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antigonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigranular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihangover	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic	1	Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.