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
STEARIC-ACID	8	Fruit	not available	39.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Fruit	not available	350000.0	1.73	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SUGARS	0	Fruit	71000.0	350000.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGALDEHYDE	4	Fruit	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Fruit	0.0	3000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	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.
TETRACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADEC-1-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-METHYL-CINNAMATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-VITISPIRANE	0	Fruit Essent. Oil	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICOS-1-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	29.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSENE	0	Fruit	not available	38.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRITRIACONT-1-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Fruit	13000.0	30000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIN	28	Seed	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 *