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
HEPTACOS-1-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECANOIC-ACID	1	Fruit	not available	30.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTANOIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HEXACOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	24.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADEC-1-ENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECAN-2-ONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXAN-1-OL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBUTYRIC-ACID	2	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.
LIMONENE	60	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	not available	135.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	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.
METHYL-ACETATE	3	Fruit	not available	84.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-ANISATE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
METHYL-LINOLEATE	0	Fruit	not available	21.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-PALMITATE	0	Fruit	not available	13.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
METHYL-VANILLATE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	not available	12.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
N-CAPRYLIC-ACIDESTER	0	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.
N-DOCOSANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-DOTRIACONTANE	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 *