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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae)

Common Names
Vanilla; Bourbon Vanilla
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ETHYL-VANILLIN 2 Fruit *
EUGENOL 76 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
FAT 0 Fruit 47000.0 212000.0 0.98 *
FERULIC-ACID 61 Root *
FIBER 15 Fruit 153000.0 263000.0 1.14 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Fruit 62.0 -1.00 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Fruit 7500.0 -0.82 *
FURFURAL 6 Fruit 54.0 -0.71 *
FURFUROL 0 Fruit 15.0 -1.00 *
GAMMA-HEXALACTONE 1 Fruit *
GAMMA-NONALACTONE 2 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GAMMA-OCTALACTONE 0 Fruit *
GAMMA-UNDECALACTONE 2 Fruit *
GLUCOSE 7 Fruit 7500.0 -0.82 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GLUCOVANILLIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
GLUCOVANILLIN 0 Fruit *
GLUCOVANILLYL-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit *
GUAIACOL 18 Fruit 19.0 *
HENEICOSANE 0 Fruit 23.0 *
HENTRIACONT-1-ENE 0 Fruit *
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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 *
Antiketotic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiklebsiellic 1 *
Antilactobacillic 1 *
AntiLegionella 1 *
Antileishmanic 1 *
Antileukemic 5 Life Sciences 55: 1061.
Antileukotriene-D4 2 *
Antilipolytic 1 *
Antilipoperoxidant 1 *
Antilisteria 1 *
Antilithic 1 *
Antilymphedemic 1 Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill
Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antilymphomic 1 *
Antimelanogenic 1 *
Antimelanomic 1 *