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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Fruit | 2.0 | 155.0 | -0.29 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Seed Essent. Oil | 2100.0 | 7600.0 | 1.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Fruit | 100.0 | 1300.0 | 1.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 58300.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRINALDEHYDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 549900.0 | 603240.0 | -0.96 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 73000.0 | 589000.0 | -0.18 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARVONE | 19 | Fruit | 21.0 | 26.0 | -0.50 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Fruit | 1.0 | 8.0 | -0.40 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 3610.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | 305.0 | 320.0 | -0.68 | Abstract (See species file) |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Seed | not available | 1387.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | not available | 28.8 | 3.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | 40.0 | 1.00 | Abstract (See species file) |
| CIS-FERULIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1360.0 | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antithrombic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Breast) | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Cervix) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (CNS) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Colon) | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Forestomach) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Gastric) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Liver) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Lung) | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Mouth) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |