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	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
3-METHYLHENTRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLHEPTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLHEXACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLNONADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLPENTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLTETRACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLTRITRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-PHENYL-PROPAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4,4-DIMETHYL-3-HYDROXY-DIHYDRO-2-(3H)-FURANONE	0	Fruit	not available	51.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-2-BUTANONE	0	Fruit	not available	46.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-(BETA-D-GLUCOSYL)-BENZYL-2-ISOPROPYLTARTRATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-ACETOPHENONE	0	Fruit	not available	37.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-BENZYL-ALCOHOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-METHYL-PHENYL-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYBENZALDEHYDE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-2-FURANCARBOXALDEHYDE	0	Fruit	not available	460.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHYLHENTRIACONTANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHYLHEPTACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-ETHYLHEXADECANE	0	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
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 *