An official website of the United States government.
Common Names
Vanilla; Bourbon Vanilla
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VANILLIN | 28 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIN-2,3-BUTYLENEGLYCOL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLIN-BETA-GLUCOSIDE | 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. |
| VANILLYL-ACETATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 27.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLYL-ALCOHOL | 3 | 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. |
| VANILLYL-ETHYL-ETHER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VANILLYL-METHYL-ETHER | 0 | Fruit | not available | 13.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VITISPIRANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| WATER | 0 | Fruit | 259000.0 | 309000.0 | -2.01 | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| ZINGERONE | 13 | Fruit | not available | 46.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antipseudomonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipsittacotic | 1 | Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh. |
| Antipsoriac | 2 | Pandeya, S.N. 1970. Biological Activity of Adamantyl Derivatives. The Indian Journal of Pharmacy, 33: 7. |
| Antipyretic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipyruvetic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiradicular | 9 | Planta Medica, 56(6): 695, 1990. |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antirheumatic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisalmonella | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisclerodermic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiseborrheic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antisickling | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antispasmodic | 8 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispastic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antistaphylococcic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 197. |
| Antistress | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |