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Plant Vanilla planifolia (Orchidaceae)

Common Names
Vanilla; Bourbon Vanilla
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
1,3-BUTANEDIOL 0 Fruit not available 47.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-2-PROPANONE 0 Fruit not available 31.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-HEXADECANOL 0 Fruit not available 38.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-OCTEN-3-OL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1-TETRADECANOL 0 Fruit not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
10-METHYLEICOSANE 0 Fruit not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4,6-HEPTANETRIONE 0 Fruit not available 57.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4,6-TRIMETHYLACETOPHENONE 0 Fruit not available 69.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2,4-DECADIENAL 0 Fruit not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-FURANCARBOXYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Fruit not available 14.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-ACETOPHENONE 0 Fruit not available 24.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-PHENOL 0 Fruit not available 19.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-3,5-DIHYDROXY-(4H)-PYRAN-4-ONE 0 Fruit not available 12.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-OCTEN-4-OL 0 Fruit not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PENTANOL 0 Fruit not available 95.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-PHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-BUTANAL 0 Fruit not available 27.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYL-CYCLO-PENTANONE 0 Fruit not available 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLDOCOSANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-METHYLEICOSANE 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
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiosteoporotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiotitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant 19 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antipeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 3 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antiplaque 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipodagric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipolio 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 194.
Antiprostaglandin 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatitic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipruritic 1 Duke, 1992 *