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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
ANISYL-ETHYL-ETHER 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ANISYLACETATE 1 Fruit 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 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Fruit 38.0 -0.61 *
BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit *
BENZOTHIAZOLE 0 Fruit *
BENZYL-ALCOHOL 9 Fruit *
BIS-(4-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-BENZYL)-2-(1-METHYL-PROPYL)-TARTRATE 0 Fruit *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 19000.0 3.49 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM-OXALATE 4 Plant ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CAPRINIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CAPROIC-ACID 1 Fruit *
CARBOHYDRATE 0 Fruit 305000.0 628000.0 -0.95 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 305000.0 628000.0 -0.83 *
CATECHIN 43 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CATECHOL 22 Fruit 29.0 *
CINNAMALDEHYDE 60 Fruit *
CINNAMIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Plant *
CINNAMIC-ALCOHOL 3 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 2 *
Uterosedative 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Varroacide 2 *
Vasodilator 6 *
Vermifuge 1 *
Verrucolytic 1 *
Vibriocide 1 *
Vulnerary 2 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 3 *