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Common Names
Vanilla; Bourbon Vanilla
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANILLIN | 28 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIN-2,3-BUTYLENEGLYCOL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIN-BETA-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| VANILLYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 27.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLYL-ALCOHOL | 3 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| VANILLYL-ETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLYL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITISPIRANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | 259000.0 | 309000.0 | -2.01 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ZINGERONE | 13 | Fruit | not available | 46.0 | not available | 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 * |