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
Bacteristat	4	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe	2	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	23	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	7	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic?	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Cardiac	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.
Cardiodepressant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	1	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Cataractagenic	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	1	Pharmazie, 46: 156, 1991.