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Plant Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIACONTANE 0 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.
TRIACONTANOL 3 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.
TRICOSAN-1-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSANOL 0 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.
TRIDECANAL 0 Leaf not available 168.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant not available 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIPRENIN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-1-AL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECAN-1-AL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
UNDECANAL 2 Fruit 1.0 8.0 1.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
UNDECANAL 2 Leaf not available 304.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
VALINE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Fruit not available 960.0 1.00 Abstract (See species file)
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant 221.0 347.0 1.41 Abstract (See species file)
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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
Antiprostatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac 6 Martindale's 29th
Antipsychotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular 15 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 3 Duke, 1992 *
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.
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 7 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antirhinitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscleromyxoedemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiscoliotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th