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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae)

Common Names
Vanilla; Bourbon Vanilla
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-METHYLHENTRIACONTANE 0 Fruit *
3-METHYLHEPTADECANE 0 Fruit *
3-METHYLHEXACOSANE 0 Fruit *
3-METHYLNONADECANE 0 Fruit *
3-METHYLPENTADECANE 0 Fruit *
3-METHYLTETRACOSANE 0 Fruit *
3-METHYLTRITRIACONTANE 0 Fruit *
3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
4,4-DIMETHYL-3-HYDROXY-DIHYDRO-2-(3H)-FURANONE 0 Fruit 51.0 *
4-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-2-BUTANONE 0 Fruit 46.0 *
4-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-BENZYL-2-ISOPROPYLTARTRATE 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-ACETOPHENONE 0 Fruit 37.0 *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-BENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Shoot *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXY-METHYL-PHENYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit *
4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 3 Fruit *
5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-2-FURANCARBOXALDEHYDE 0 Fruit 460.0 *
5-ETHYLHENTRIACONTANE 0 Fruit *
5-ETHYLHEPTACOSANE 0 Fruit *
5-ETHYLHEXADECANE 0 Fruit *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Preservative 3 Merck 11th Edition
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandigenic 3 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 3 Chen, S. J., Wang, M. H., Chen, I. J. 1996. Antiplatelet and Calcium Inhibitory Properties of Eugenol and Sodium Eugenol Acetate. Gen Pharmacol, 27(4): 629-633.
Protisticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Refrigerant 1 Martindale's 28th
Renotoxic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respiraparalytic 1 *
Respirodepressant 1 *
Rodenticide 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Secretogogue 3 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Sedative 6 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Sialogogue 1 Martindale's 29th
Soap 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Soporific 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry