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
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypothermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	6	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	9	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge?	1	Martindale's 28th
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	15	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Keratolytic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvistat	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	5	Duke, 1992 *