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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SABINENE 5 Fruit 1.0 83.0 -0.51 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
SABINENE 5 Seed Essent. Oil 1400.0 -0.49 *
SACCHAROSE 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
SCOPOLETIN 44 Fruit *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Shoot *
SERINE 1 Fruit *
SODIUM 1 Fruit 308.0 430.0 -0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SODIUM 1 Leaf 940.0 7581.0 0.70 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
STARCH 5 Fruit 100000.0 -0.30 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 1100.0 1207.0 -0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Essent. Oil 2000.0 *
STEARIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Essential Oil *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Fruit 180.0 1.32 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUCROSE 14 Fruit *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 200000.0 -0.06 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
SYRINGALDEHYDE 4 Plant 0.1 *
TANNIN 35 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Essential Oil *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Fruit 6.0 80.0 -0.35 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Seed Essent. Oil 13800.0 -0.53 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antithrombic 2 *
Antithrombogenic 1 *
Antithyroid 4 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrichinosic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antitriglyceride 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic 2 Planta Medica, 57: A44, 1991.
Antitubercular 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antitumor 22 Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 *
Antitumor (Breast) 5 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 1 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 *
Antitumor (Colon) 8 *
Antitumor (Forestomach) 2 *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 *
Antitumor (Liver) 2 *
Antitumor (Lung) 5 *
Antitumor (Mouth) 1 *