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
N-TRITRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NAPHTHALENE	1	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.
NONACOS-1-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL	0	Fruit	not available	53.0	1.83	Duke, 1992 *
NONANOIC-ACID	2	Fruit	not available	31.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADEC-1-ENE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOIC-ACID	5	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	not available	13.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	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.
P-CRESOL	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CRESOL-METHYL-ETHER	1	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.
P-ETHYL-GUAIACOL	0	Fruit	not available	33.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Fruit	not available	28.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZYL-ETHYL-ETHER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE	4	Fruit	not available	1040.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZYL-ALCOHOL	1	Fruit	not available	29.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROXYBENZYLMETHYLETHER	0	Fruit	17.0	143.0	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
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 *