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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit not available 39.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit not available 350000.0 1.73 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SUGARS 0 Fruit 71000.0 350000.0 0.56 Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGALDEHYDE 4 Fruit not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Fruit 0.0 3000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit not available not available not available ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TETRACOSANE 0 Fruit not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRADEC-1-ENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-METHYL-CINNAMATE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-VITISPIRANE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICOS-1-ENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSANE 0 Fruit not available 29.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSENE 0 Fruit not available 38.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRITRIACONT-1-ENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Fruit 13000.0 30000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN 28 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.