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
5-ETHYLNONACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHYLOCTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHYLPENTACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHYLTETRADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHYLTRITRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHY-TETRAHYDRO-2-FURANMETHANOL	0	Fruit	not available	17.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-2-FURANCARBOXALDEHYDE	0	Fruit	not available	24.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-FURFURAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-TETRAHYDRO-2-FURANMETHANOL	0	Fruit	not available	17.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-PENTADECANONE	0	Fruit	not available	23.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
6-METHYL-3,5-DIHYDROXY-2,3-DIHYDRO-(4H)-PYRAN-4-ONE	0	Fruit	not available	114.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-NONALACTONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	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.
ACETIC-ACID	16	Fruit	not available	151.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOPHENONE	6	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.
ANISALDEHYDE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	49.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANISIC-ALCOHOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANISYL-ALCOHOL	2	Fruit	not available	9.0	-1.00	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
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting	1	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	3	Martindale's 28th
Hemopoietic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemorrhagic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hemostat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hepatoprotective	5	Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 253.
Hepatotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	6	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Herbistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Hypnotic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	6	Choi, J.S., Yokozawa,* T., and Oura, H. Antihyperlipidemic Effect Of Flavonoids From Prunus davidiana. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 218-224, 1991.
Hypoglycemic	4	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.