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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
(+)-LINALOOL 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-4(R)-BETA-HYDROXY-PHENETHYL-FERULIC-ACID 0 Plant 3.0 *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Essential Oil *
(R)-LINALOOL 0 Essential Oil *
(S)-(+)-LINALOOL 0 Essential Oil *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Seed Essent. Oil 13780.0 -1.00 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHANE-1,2-DIOL 0 Plant 4.0 *
2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-2-METHOXY-ETHANOL 0 Plant 12.0 *
2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHANOL 0 Plant 0.2 *
2-DODECANAL 0 Fruit Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
2-DODECANAL 0 Leaf Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
3',4'-DIMETHOXYQUERCETIN 0 Leaf *
3'-METHOXY-QUERCETIN 0 Leaf *
3,6-UNDECADIENAL 0 Leaf 342.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
3-O-METHYLKAEMPFEROL 0 Fruit 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.
3-OCTENAL 0 Leaf 97.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
4-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID 0 Plant 0.9 *
5,8-TRIDECADIENAL 0 Leaf 561.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
5-DECENAL 0 Leaf 101.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cardiotoxic 1 *
Carminative 4 Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer 1 *
Catabolic 2 *
Cerebrostimulant 1 *
Cerebrotonic 1 *
Chelator 1 *
Chemopreventive 10 *
Cholagogue 4 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic 12 *
Cholesterolytic 1 *
Cholinergic 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cicatrizant 1 *
Circulotonic 1 *
Clastogenic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant 6 *
CNS-Paralytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant 7 *
CNS-Toxic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.