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
CINNAMYL-ALCOHOL	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-METHYL-CINNAMATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-VITISPIRANE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRIC-ACID	23	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.
COUMARIN	57	Fruit	not available	6100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CREOSOL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CRESOL	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECA-2-4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIACETYL	2	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.
DIHYDROACTINIDIOLIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOS-1-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOCOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	22.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DOTRIACONT-1-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOS-1-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	39.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Fruit	not available	6000.0	-0.70	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ETHYL-PALMITATE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ETHYL-VANILLATE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	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
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 *