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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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Seed Essent. Oil not available 23200.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ANGELICIN 17 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.
ANGELICIN 17 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN 101 Fruit not available not available not available 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.
ARGININE 14 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Fruit not available 920.0 -0.23 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 780.0 6290.0 0.14 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Leaf 19000.0 153000.0 0.60 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Seed 6000.0 6600.0 -1.24 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Fruit not available 8.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN 26 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 29.0 228.0 -0.15 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Seed not available 0.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 1600.0 55470.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit 1.0 13.0 -0.47 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
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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
Aphidifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 4 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Arteriodilator 1 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.
Ascaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Atherogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bacteriophagicide 1 de Vries, D. J. and Blumberg, P. M., Thermoregulatory effects of resiniferatoxin in the mouse: comparison with capsaicin, Life Sciences, 44, 1989, 711-715.
Bacteriostatic 1 Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat 1 Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *