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Plant Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae)

Common Names
Vanilla; Bourbon Vanilla
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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-TRITRIACONTANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NONACOS-1-ENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL 0 Fruit not available 53.0 1.83 Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit not available 31.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADEC-1-ENE 1 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit not available 13.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-CRESOL 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL-METHYL-ETHER 1 Fruit not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-ETHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Fruit not available 33.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available 28.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZYL-ETHYL-ETHER 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 4 Fruit not available 1040.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZYL-ALCOHOL 1 Fruit not available 29.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZYLMETHYLETHER 0 Fruit 17.0 143.0 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.