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Does The Vanilla Planifolia Plant Have Any Health Benefits?

Does The Vanilla Planifolia Plant Have Any Health Benefits? By: Chelsea Smith ORIGIN AND DISCOVERY Vanilla is an orchid in the family Orchidaceae Originally from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Madagascar is the largest producer of vanilla worldwide, followed by Indonesia.

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Does The Vanilla Planifolia Plant Have Any Health Benefits?

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  1. Does The Vanilla PlanifoliaPlant Have Any Health Benefits? By: Chelsea Smith

  2. ORIGIN AND DISCOVERY • Vanilla is an orchid in the family Orchidaceae • Originally from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. • Madagascar is the largest producer of vanilla worldwide, followed by Indonesia. • Vanilla was brought to America in the late 18th century by Thomas Jefferson

  3. VANILLA PLANIFOLIA • Vanilla is the only edible fruit of the orchid family • Vanillin, is the major constituent of vanilla beans and the major contributor to vanilla flavor. • There are many ways vanilla is utilized

  4. 3 MOST POPULAR WAYS VANILLA IS UTILIZED #1: Flavoring and Cooking #2: Aromatherapy #3: Medicinal Uses

  5. PRODUCTION OF VANILLA • Vanilla is the most labor-intensive agricultural product in the world. • It takes 4 years for the vanilla plant to first bear fruit • The beans then go through a curing, drying, and resting process for several months. • Alcohol is the most efficient agent for extracting the flavor from the beans. The alcohol is a carrier for the vanilla flavor.

  6. PROCESSING VANILLA • The beans must stay on the vine for nine months before being harvested. • The pods, while green, are harvested by hand just before they burst open • The pods are dipped in boiling water, wrapped in cloths, and laid out to ferment in the sun. • Alcohol and water are circulated over and through the beans to draw out the chemicals that contain the vanilla flavor. • The chemicals extracted from vanilla beans are suspended in a solution of alcohol and water. The typical concentration of alcohol is 35%-40%

  7. VANILLAN • Because Vanillin is very time consuming and expensive to harvest from the vanilla pod, alternative methods of producing Vanillin were researched.

  8. VANILLIN • Vanillin is a catabolic product of ferulic acid degradation • Ferulic acid is a preformed phenolic aromatic chemical that is extremely abundant in nature • Ferulic acid undergoes biocatalytic conversion and is transformed into other useful aromatic chemicals, such as Vanillin

  9. SUGGESTED BENEFITS: • Source of Aromatherapy • Antioxidants • Anti-tumor activity • Calms the stomach • Treats asthma • Treats Congestion and coughs

  10. VANILLA AS A SOURCE FOR AROMATHERAPY • Sloan Kettering hospital • Exposed patients to heliotropin • Those exposed to heliotropin experienced a 63% decrease in anxiety. • This is routinely used in their hospital now.

  11. VANILLA AS AN ANTIOXIDENT • Bhabha Atomic Research Center • Vanillin and tested for its ability to counteract the DPPH radical. • These reactions involved an electron transfer from the antioxidant to DPPH. • It was observed that Vanillin contained antioxidants.

  12. VANILLA CONTAINING ANTI-TUMOR ACTIVITY • Center for Medicinal Plants Research • They examined the effect of vanillin on the growth and metastasis of cancer cells in mice. • It showed significantly reduced numbers of cancer cells in comparison to the controls. • Vanillin inhibited invasion and migration of cancer cells and inhibited enzymatic activity of the cancer cells. • Now Vanillin is being used in the development of drugs that stop the transfer of cancer cells throughout the body.

  13. VANILLA AS A STOMACH SOOTHER • No experiments to prove this claim • However, the smell of vanilla is proven to relieve stress, so a decrease in stress may lead to a calm stomach

  14. VANILLA RELIEVES THE SYMPTOMS OF ASTHMA • Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine • An aromatic diffuser • A steam treatment

  15. VANILLA RELIEVES CONGESTION AND COUGHS • In South Africa, Honey bush is blended with vanilla and bourbon to help sooth a cough or respiratory problems. • Diluted oils from the vanilla plant can be used as a throat spray to help with sore throats. You can combine water and essential oils in a spray bottle and spray directly on the throat.

  16. PROVEN TO BE TRUE OR NOT • Antioxidants • Anti-tumor activity X Calms the stomach • Treats asthma symptoms X Treats Congestion and coughs • Source of aromatherapy

  17. SOURCES • http://www.raysahelian.com/vanillin.html • http://parts.mit.edu/igem07/index.php/Edinburgh/Yoghurt/Applications • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B75KC4KBWVND7&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=5c2ea40ee21ad2cf454a58ddb6cf623d • http://www.vanilla.com/html/facts-faq.html • http://www.gelatine.org/en/health/specials/154_937.htm#Vanilla • http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/jafcau/2007/55/i19/abs/jf071349+.html • http://www.healthy.net/scr/Article.asp?Id=1939

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