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
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 *