Bromelain from pineapple stem has been used to evaluate the aqueous micellar two-phase systems composed of ionic liquids as co-surfactants, as a positive control in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) / polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) and in cells proliferation assay, to study its potential analgesic effect and to evaluate its hydrolysing effects on proenkephalin (PENK)-derived peptides containing enkephalin sequences.

Bromelain may be used to inhibit the biosysnthesis of proinflammatory prostaglandins. It may be used to reduce clotting efficiency. Bromelain, from pineapple stem, has been used to make enzymatic hydrolysates of honeybee-collected pollen.