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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANISYL-ETHYL-ETHER | 0 | 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. |
| ANISYLACETATE | 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. |
| ASH | 0 | Fruit | 45000.0 | 97000.0 | 1.04 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| BENZALDEHYDE | 24 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOIC-ACID | 20 | Fruit | not available | 38.0 | -0.61 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZOTHIAZOLE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BENZYL-ALCOHOL | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIS-(4-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-BENZYL)-2-(1-METHYL-PROPYL)-TARTRATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | not available | 19000.0 | 3.49 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CALCIUM-OXALATE | 4 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| CAPRINIC-ACID-ESTER | 0 | 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. |
| CAPROIC-ACID | 1 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATE | 0 | Fruit | 305000.0 | 628000.0 | -0.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 305000.0 | 628000.0 | -0.83 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATECHIN | 43 | 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. |
| CATECHOL | 22 | Fruit | not available | 29.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMALDEHYDE | 60 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL | 3 | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Spermicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Sunscreen | 2 | Chemical Marketing Reporter; a weekly tabloid, 9/10/92. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sweetener | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Teratogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Thermogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tineacide | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Transdermal | 3 | 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. |
| Trichomonicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Trichomonistat | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Triglycerigenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93. |
| Tumor-Promoter | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ubiquiot | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 3 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 9. |