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
P-HYDROXYMETHYL-BENZOATE	0	Fruit	not available	36.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-HYDROZYBENZYL-METHYL-ETHER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-METHOXYBENZOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	49.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-VINYL-GUAIACOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	not available	258.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
PENTACOS-1-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTACOSENE	0	Fruit	not available	39.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	24.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOL	26	Fruit	not available	28.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	not available	700.0	-0.76	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PIPERONAL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PIPERONAL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	26000.0	100000.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
PROTOCATECHUALDEHYDE	1	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.
PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID	43	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.
RESIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
SALICYLATES	7	Essential Oil	10.0	15.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	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 *