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Plant Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
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
CIS-FERULIC-ACID 0 Plant not available 467.0 not available Abstract (See species file)
CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 1800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-P-COUMARIC-ACID 0 Fruit not available 1440.0 not available Abstract (See species file)
CIS-P-COUMARIC-ACID 0 Plant not available 273.0 not available Abstract (See species file)
CITRONELLOL 15 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL 15 Fruit 0.0 8.0 -0.02 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITRONELLOL 15 Seed Essent. Oil 6150.0 14620.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Fruit not available 0.9 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 10.0 13.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Leaf not available 18.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CORIANDRIN 1 Plant not available 0.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRIN 1 Shoot 4.2 106.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRINOL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRINONEDIOL 0 Seed not available 60.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDROL 1 Fruit 400.0 10250.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRONE-A 0 Plant not available 13.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRONE-A 0 Shoot not available 94.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRONE-B 0 Plant not available 1.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRONE-B 0 Shoot not available 50.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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