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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
N-TRITRIACONTANE 0 Fruit *
NAPHTHALENE 1 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
NONACOS-1-ENE 0 Fruit *
NONANAL 0 Fruit 53.0 1.83 *
NONANOIC-ACID 2 Fruit 31.0 1.41 *
O-COUMARIC-ACID 4 Fruit *
OCT-1-EN-3-OL 0 Fruit *
OCTADEC-1-ENE 1 Fruit *
OCTAN-1-OL 0 Fruit *
OCTANOIC-ACID 5 Fruit *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 13.0 -0.48 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-CRESOL 8 Fruit *
P-CRESOL-METHYL-ETHER 1 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-ETHYL-GUAIACOL 0 Fruit 33.0 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Fruit 28.0 -0.80 *
P-HYDROXY-BENZYL-ETHYL-ETHER 0 Fruit *
P-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE 4 Fruit 1040.0 *
P-HYDROXYBENZYL-ALCOHOL 1 Fruit 29.0 *
P-HYDROXYBENZYLMETHYLETHER 0 Fruit 17.0 143.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *