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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae)

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Common name(s)
Bourbon Vanilla, Vanilla
How used
Food

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1,3-BUTANEDIOL Fruit -- 47.0 -- *
0 1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-2-PROPANONE Fruit -- 31.0 -- *
0 1-HEXADECANOL Fruit -- 38.0 -- *
0 1-OCTEN-3-OL Fruit -- -- -- Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
0 1-TETRADECANOL Fruit -- 13.0 -- *
0 10-METHYLEICOSANE Fruit -- 25.0 -- *
0 2,4,6-HEPTANETRIONE Fruit -- 57.0 -- *
0 2,4,6-TRIMETHYLACETOPHENONE Fruit -- 69.0 -- *
0 2,4-DECADIENAL Fruit -- 25.0 -- *
0 2-FURANCARBOXYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER Fruit -- 14.0 -- *
0 2-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE Fruit -- 24.0 -- *
0 2-METHOXY-PHENOL Fruit -- 19.0 -- *
0 2-METHYL-3,5-DIHYDROXY-(4H)-PYRAN-4-ONE Fruit -- 12.0 -- *
0 2-OCTEN-4-OL Fruit -- 25.0 -- *
0 2-PENTANOL Fruit -- 95.0 -- *
0 2-PHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL Fruit -- -- -- *
0 3-METHYL-BUTANAL Fruit -- 27.0 -- *
0 3-METHYL-CYCLO-PENTANONE Fruit -- 25.0 -- *
0 3-METHYLDOCOSANE Fruit -- -- -- *
0 3-METHYLEICOSANE Fruit -- -- -- *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.