Plant Bromelia pinguin (Bromeliaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Wild Pineapple

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
7,8-DIHYDROXY-15-PIMAREN-3-ONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Shoot	192.0	3430.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Shoot	10700.0	138000.0	0.82	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Shoot	0.0	1.7	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Shoot	1070.0	15800.0	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	57000.0	713000.0	0.80	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Shoot	1700.0	40000.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Shoot	4000.0	90000.0	-0.98	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Shoot	3.0	75.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Leaf	not available	3130.0	0.18	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Shoot	4.0	57.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
NITROGEN	0	Shoot	1410.0	35800.0	1.08	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Shoot	225.0	5000.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
PINGUINAIN	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	9000.0	113000.0	-0.99	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Shoot	0.4	9.0	-0.92	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Shoot	0.2	3.8	-0.87	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Shoot	916000.0	925000.0	1.02	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
Antistress	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyndrome-X	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor	2	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *