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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Vanilla tahitensis (Orchidaceae)

Common Names
Tahiti Vanilla
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ANISALDEHYDE 7 Fruit *
ANISYL-ALCOHOL 2 Fruit *
ANISYL-ETHYL-ETHER 0 Fruit *
P-CRESOL 8 Fruit *
TRANS-METHYL-CINNAMATE 0 Fruit *
VANILLIN 28 Fruit *
VANILLYL-ETHYL-ETHER 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Allelochemic 2 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allergenic 1 *
Antiaggregant 1 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antianemic 1 *
Anticancer 1 *
Antidrepanocytic 1 *
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antilactobacillic 1 *
Antilisteria 1 *
Antimutagenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antioxidant 1 *
Antipolio 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiradicular 1 *
Antiseptic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antisickling 1 *
Antitumor 1 *
Antitumor-Promoter 1 *
Antiviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiyeast 1 *
Bacteristat 1 *