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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Fruit not available 960.0 1.41 Abstract (See species file)
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 13 Plant 252.0 333.0 -1.00 Abstract (See species file)
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID 1 Plant not available 1.1 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 2160.0 16800.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed Essent. Oil not available 58200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 1 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 1000.0 1097.0 -0.14 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN 24 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.
PENTADECANAL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PENTOSANS 0 Fruit not available 100000.0 0.21 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Fruit 40700.0 111300.0 0.26 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 718000.0 0.76 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 3907.0 4687.0 0.45 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Leaf 720.0 6452.0 0.27 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit not available 460.0 -0.63 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 11866.0 14781.0 -0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM 14 Leaf 5600.0 48177.0 0.79 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bufocide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 10 Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist? 1 Biochimica & Biophysica Acta, 1115: 69, 1991.
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 44 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 11 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 3 Duke, 1992 *
Capillarigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective 2 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Cardiac 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.
Cardiodepressant 2 Martindale's 29th
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 9 Duke, 1992 *