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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-ETHYLNONACOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-ETHYLOCTADECANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-ETHYLPENTACOSANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-ETHYLTETRADECANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-ETHYLTRITRIACONTANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-METHY-TETRAHYDRO-2-FURANMETHANOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | 17.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-METHYL-2-FURANCARBOXALDEHYDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 24.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-METHYL-FURFURAL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-METHYL-TETRAHYDRO-2-FURANMETHANOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | 17.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6,10,14-TRIMETHYL-2-PENTADECANONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 23.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 6-METHYL-3,5-DIHYDROXY-2,3-DIHYDRO-(4H)-PYRAN-4-ONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 114.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-NONALACTONE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETALDEHYDE | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Fruit | not available | 151.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOPHENONE | 6 | 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. |
| ANISALDEHYDE | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | not available | 49.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISIC-ALCOHOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANISYL-ALCOHOL | 2 | Fruit | not available | 9.0 | -1.00 | 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 * |