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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
1,3-BUTANEDIOL 0 Fruit 47.0 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-2-PROPANONE 0 Fruit 31.0 *
1-HEXADECANOL 0 Fruit 38.0 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-TETRADECANOL 0 Fruit 13.0 *
10-METHYLEICOSANE 0 Fruit 25.0 *
2,4,6-HEPTANETRIONE 0 Fruit 57.0 *
2,4,6-TRIMETHYLACETOPHENONE 0 Fruit 69.0 *
2,4-DECADIENAL 0 Fruit 25.0 *
2-FURANCARBOXYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit 14.0 *
2-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE 0 Fruit 24.0 *
2-METHOXY-PHENOL 0 Fruit 19.0 *
2-METHYL-3,5-DIHYDROXY-(4H)-PYRAN-4-ONE 0 Fruit 12.0 *
2-OCTEN-4-OL 0 Fruit 25.0 *
2-PENTANOL 0 Fruit 95.0 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit *
3-METHYL-BUTANAL 0 Fruit 27.0 *
3-METHYL-CYCLO-PENTANONE 0 Fruit 25.0 *
3-METHYLDOCOSANE 0 Fruit *
3-METHYLEICOSANE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Choleretic 9 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Chronotropic 1 *
Circulatory-Stimulant 1 *
CNS-Depressant 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Co-carcinogenic 1 *
Collyrium 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
COMP-Inhibitor 1 Dullo, A. G., et al. 1999. Efficacy of a green tea extract rich in catechin polyphenols and caffeine in increasing 24-h energy expenditure and fat oxidation in humans. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, 70: 1040-1045.
Convulsant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Corrosive 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Cosmetic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 1 Merck 11th Edition
COX-1-Inhibitor 2 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 3 Newmark, T. M. and Schulick, P. 2000. Herbal Cox-2 Inhibition - Nature's Challenge to Arthritis, Cancer & Alzheimer's Disease. Hohm Press, Prescott AZ.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 5 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.
Cytotoxic 2 *