Plant Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
NIACIN	39	Fruit	21.0	23.0	-0.50	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN	39	Leaf	13.0	136.0	0.47	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Fruit	not available	2.4	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL	0	Fruit	1.0	18.0	-0.06	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NONYL-ALDEHYDE	0	Leaf	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.
OCIMENE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
OCTADECA-5,6-DIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTANOL	0	Leaf	not available	504.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OLEIC-ACID	18	Fruit	39930.0	167819.0	0.81	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	94000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Fruit	not available	120.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	not available	50.0	-0.47	Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Fruit	not available	16.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Fruit	74.0	728.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	900.0	-1.55	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	67300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
AntiADD	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiadrenergic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiaflatoxin	7	Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE	2	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
Antiaggregant	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiaging	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antialdosteronic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antialkali?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialkalotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiallergic	10	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran?	2	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.