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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
HEPTACOS-1-ENE 0 Fruit *
HEPTADECANOIC-ACID 1 Fruit 30.0 *
HEPTANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXACOSANE 0 Fruit 24.0 *
HEXADEC-1-ENE 0 Fruit *
HEXADECAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit *
HEXAN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID 2 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
LIMONENE 60 Fruit *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 135.0 -0.35 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
METHYL-ACETATE 3 Fruit 84.0 *
METHYL-ANISATE 2 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-LINOLEATE 0 Fruit 21.0 *
METHYL-PALMITATE 0 Fruit 13.0 1.00 *
METHYL-VANILLATE 0 Fruit *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 12.0 -0.27 *
N-CAPRYLIC-ACIDESTER 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
N-DOCOSANE 0 Fruit *
N-DOTRIACONTANE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 *
Glutathione-Depleting 1 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hemolytic 3 Martindale's 28th
Hemopoietic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Hepatotropic 1 *
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 *
Histaminic 2 *
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.