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Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETHYL-MYRISTATE | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-MYRISTATE | 1 | Fruit | 12.0 | 153.0 | 1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ETHYL-PALMITATE | 1 | Fruit | 46.0 | 598.0 | 1.41 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ETHYL-PENTADECANOATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-PENTEDECANOATE | 0 | Fruit | 0.0 | 5.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ETHYL-STEARATE | 0 | Fruit | 42.0 | 546.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| ETHYL-UNDECANOATE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 110000.0 | 210000.0 | 0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Leaf | 6000.0 | 50000.0 | -0.13 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FERULIC-ACID | 61 | Plant | not available | 11.0 | -1.38 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 291000.0 | 319000.0 | 1.67 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FIBER | 15 | Leaf | 16000.0 | 129000.0 | -0.40 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| FRUCTOSE | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFUROL | 0 | Fruit | not available | 60000.0 | 1.00 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| GAMMA-SITOSTEROL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Fruit | 762.0 | 2626.0 | -0.17 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 40800.0 | -0.28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 1300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiosteoarthritic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiosteoporotic | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiotitic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiototic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antioxidant | 38 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antioxidant (LDL) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiozenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipancreatitic | 1 | Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY. |
| Antipapillomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparotitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipellagric | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiperiodontal | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiperiodontic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontitic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiperistaltic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipermeability | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperoxidant | 7 | Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991. |
| Antipharyngitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |