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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiincontinence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinflammatory	16	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiinsomniac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antikeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiklebsiellic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilactobacillic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	5	Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphedemic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *