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| Name | Pineapple | ||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Ananas comosus | ||||||||||
| Description | The Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant native to South America, specifically present-day Brazil and Paraguay. It is now widely cultivated in many countries, with Costa Rica, Philippines, and Brazil being among the top producers and consumers. Pineapples are consumed fresh, cooked, juiced, and preserved, and are found in a wide array of cuisines. The fruit has a tough, waxy exterior and a juicy, sweet interior with a tropical flavor and aroma. Pineapples are rich in vitamin C and manganese, providing various health benefits, including anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. The most notable chemical in pineapple is bromelain, a mixture of proteolytic enzymes (PMID: 34681298). In addition to its culinary uses, pineapple is also used in the production of the textile fiber piña, and its leaves are used to produce wallpaper and furnishings. A peculiar mode of preparation is the use of pineapple as a meat tenderizer, where the bromelain breaks down protein fibers (PMID: 3287010). | ||||||||||
| Primary ID | FOOD00012 | ||||||||||
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| Group | Fruits | ||||||||||
| Sub-Group | Tropical fruits | ||||||||||
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| Superkingdom | Eukaryota | ||||||||||
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae | ||||||||||
| Phylum | Streptophyta | ||||||||||
| Class | Magnoliopsida | ||||||||||
| Order | Poales | ||||||||||
| Family | Bromeliaceae | ||||||||||
| Genus | Ananas | ||||||||||
| Species | comosus | ||||||||||
| Variety | Not Available | ||||||||||
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| ITIS ID | 42335 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia ID | Pineapple | ||||||||||
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| Content Reference | — Duke, James. 'Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases. United States Department of Agriculture.' Agricultural Research Service, Accessed April 27 (2004). — Saxholt, E., et al. 'Danish food composition databank, revision 7.' Department of Nutrition, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (2008). — U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. 2008. USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 21. Nutrient Data Laboratory Home Page. — Rothwell JA, Pérez-Jiménez J, Neveu V, Medina-Ramon A, M'Hiri N, Garcia Lobato P, Manach C, Knox K, Eisner R, Wishart D, Scalbert A. (2013) Phenol-Explorer 3.0: a major update of the Phenol-Explorer database to incorporate data on the effects of food processing on polyphenol content. Database, 10.1093/database/bat070. — Shinbo, Y., et al. 'KNApSAcK: a comprehensive species-metabolite relationship database.' Plant Metabolomics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006. 165-181. | ||||||||||