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	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1,3-BUTANEDIOL	Fruit	not available	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-2-PROPANONE	Fruit	not available	31.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXADECANOL	Fruit	not available	38.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-TETRADECANOL	Fruit	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
10-METHYLEICOSANE	Fruit	not available	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4,6-HEPTANETRIONE	Fruit	not available	57.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4,6-TRIMETHYLACETOPHENONE	Fruit	not available	69.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-DECADIENAL	Fruit	not available	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-FURANCARBOXYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	Fruit	not available	14.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE	Fruit	not available	24.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-PHENOL	Fruit	not available	19.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3,5-DIHYDROXY-(4H)-PYRAN-4-ONE	Fruit	not available	12.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTEN-4-OL	Fruit	not available	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTANOL	Fruit	not available	95.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTANAL	Fruit	not available	27.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-CYCLO-PENTANONE	Fruit	not available	25.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLDOCOSANE	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLEICOSANE	Fruit	not available	not available	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
Antidermatitic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antidermatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiarrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiuretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Aluminum)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead)	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidrepanocytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysenteric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidysmenorrheic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiedemic	6	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiendotoxic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antienterococcic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiesophagitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiestrogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifatigue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	4	Duke, 1992 *