OBJECTIVE To evaluate the immediate improvement rate of irritative cough in patients treated with the combination of Ananas comosus extract and honey (Bromelin®) compared with the use of honey alone (placebo group). METHODS Pragmatic, double-blind, randomized, parallel-group study with children aged between 2 and 15 years, with irritative cough for at least 24hours. The double-blind assessmen...

Pineapple, Ananas comosus (L.) Merr., is a perennial, xerophytic monocot in the Bromeliaceae family (13). Planting materials used for commercial production are typically the crown from the top of the fruits (19). The planted crowns, referred to as the plant crop, will each produce a single pineapple fruit 18 to 20 months after planting (19). Following plant crop harvest, a ratoon crop develops ...

Pineapple [Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.] is popular all over the world for its pleasant aroma, sweet-acidic taste and smooth pulp texture. It third most important fruit on basis of global trade after banana citrus. The present investigation was carried out in 2014–16 to assess growth behaviour performance different pineapple varieties like Kew, Queen, Mauritius, Haricharanvita, Baruipur Local, MD-...

Abstract This study sought to understand the genetic basis of piping leaf margin phenotype in pineapple. To achieve this aim, a genome-wide association (GWAS) using mixed linear regression and logistic analysis was conducted on three pineapple diversity panels including seedling populations segregating for spiny, spiny-tip margins. identified single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers associa...

The efficacy of crude pineapple juice obtained from Ananus comosus in digesting fish for the harvesting of trematode metacercariae was investigated. No significant difference was found between the total number of metacercariae detected from fish (Cirrhina jullieni) digested by acid pepsin and those digested by freshly prepared pineapple juice that was kept for 15 days at a temperature of either...