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Plant Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae)

Common Names
Vanilla; Bourbon Vanilla
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
N-TRITRIACONTANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NONACOS-1-ENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL 0 Fruit not available 53.0 1.83 Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available 31.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADEC-1-ENE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available 13.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-CRESOL 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL-METHYL-ETHER 1 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-ETHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Fruit not available 33.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available 28.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZYL-ETHYL-ETHER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 4 Fruit not available 1040.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZYL-ALCOHOL 1 Fruit not available 29.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZYLMETHYLETHER 0 Fruit 17.0 143.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiaggregant 7 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Antialcoholic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiallergic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Planta Medica, 56(6): 671, 1990.
Antianemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianxiety 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaphthic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic 3 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 407.
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiasthmatic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.