Plant Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
3-METHYLHENTRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLHEPTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLHEXACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLNONADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLPENTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLTETRACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLTRITRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,4-DIMETHYL-3-HYDROXY-DIHYDRO-2-(3H)-FURANONE	0	Fruit	not available	51.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-2-BUTANONE	0	Fruit	not available	46.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-BENZYL-2-ISOPROPYLTARTRATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-ACETOPHENONE	0	Fruit	not available	37.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-BENZYL-ALCOHOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-METHYL-PHENYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-2-FURANCARBOXALDEHYDE	0	Fruit	not available	460.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHYLHENTRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHYLHEPTACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHYLHEXADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	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
Antitumor (Skin)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	4	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	1	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 200.
Antitympanitic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiulcer	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiurease	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaginitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiyeast	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Arteriodilator	1	Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	2	Merck 11th Edition
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).