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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | not available | 39.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUCROSE | 14 | Fruit | not available | 350000.0 | 1.73 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | 71000.0 | 350000.0 | 0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGALDEHYDE | 4 | Fruit | not available | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | 0.0 | 3000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TANNIN | 35 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| TETRACOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADEC-1-ENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-METHYL-CINNAMATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| TRANS-VITISPIRANE | 0 | Fruit Essent. Oil | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICOS-1-ENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 29.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRICOSENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 38.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRITRIACONT-1-ENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| UMBELLIFERONE | 22 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIC-ACID | 24 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIN | 28 | Fruit | 13000.0 | 30000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIN | 28 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIN | 28 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Respirodepressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |