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
ETHYL-VANILLIN	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
FAT	0	Fruit	47000.0	212000.0	0.98	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	153000.0	263000.0	1.14	Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID	13	Fruit	not available	62.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Fruit	not available	7500.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
FURFURAL	6	Fruit	not available	54.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
FURFUROL	0	Fruit	not available	15.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-HEXALACTONE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-NONALACTONE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-UNDECALACTONE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	7500.0	-0.82	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOVANILLIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOVANILLIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOVANILLYL-ALCOHOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIACOL	18	Fruit	not available	19.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENEICOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	23.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HENTRIACONT-1-ENE	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.