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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
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 39.0 -0.28 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 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 *
SYRINGALDEHYDE 4 Fruit 10.0 *
SYRINGIC-ACID 6 Fruit 0.0 3000.0 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
TETRACOSANE 0 Fruit 13.0 *
TETRADEC-1-ENE 0 Fruit *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit *
TRANS-METHYL-CINNAMATE 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-VITISPIRANE 0 Fruit Essent. Oil 0.5 *
TRICOS-1-ENE 0 Fruit *
TRICOSANE 0 Fruit 29.0 *
TRICOSENE 0 Fruit 38.0 *
TRITRIACONT-1-ENE 0 Fruit *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Fruit *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Fruit *
VANILLIN 28 Fruit 13000.0 30000.0 1.00 *
VANILLIN 28 Root *
VANILLIN 28 Seed *
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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 *
Antidiabetic 2 *
Antidiarrheic 1 *
Antidiuretic 1 *
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 *
Antidysenteric 1 *
Antidysmenorrheic 1 *
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 *
Antiescherichic 2 *
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 *
Antifeedant 4 *