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
Neoplastic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Nephrotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Odontolytic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	3	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ovicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Paralytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Parasiticide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide	1	Merck 11th Edition
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery	20	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	38	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	3	Planta Medica, 56(6): 671, 1990.
Photoactive	1	Duke, 1992 *