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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-EICOSANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HENEICOSANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HENTRIACONTANE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTACOSANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXATRIACONTANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONACOSANE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-NONADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTACOSANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTACOSANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-PENTATRIACONTANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRACOSANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRATRIACONTANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-TRICOSANE 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.