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Common Names
Vanilla; Bourbon Vanilla
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-EICOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HENEICOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HENTRIACONTANE | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEPTACOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEPTADECANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEXACOSANE | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEXADECANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-HEXATRIACONTANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONACOSANE | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-NONADECANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTACOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTADECANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-PENTACOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-PENTADECANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-PENTATRIACONTANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TETRACOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TETRADECANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TETRATRIACONTANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TRIACONTANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-TRICOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |