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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CIS-FERULIC-ACID 0 Plant 467.0 Abstract (See species file)
CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 1800.0 *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-P-COUMARIC-ACID 0 Fruit 1440.0 Abstract (See species file)
CIS-P-COUMARIC-ACID 0 Plant 273.0 Abstract (See species file)
CITRONELLOL 15 Essential Oil *
CITRONELLOL 15 Fruit 0.0 8.0 -0.02 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITRONELLOL 15 Seed Essent. Oil 6150.0 14620.0 *
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.9 -0.43 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 10.0 13.0 0.01 *
COPPER 12 Leaf 18.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CORIANDRIN 1 Plant 0.5 *
CORIANDRIN 1 Shoot 4.2 106.6 *
CORIANDRINOL 0 Fruit *
CORIANDRINONEDIOL 0 Seed 60.0 *
CORIANDROL 1 Fruit 400.0 10250.0 *
CORIANDRONE-A 0 Plant 13.0 *
CORIANDRONE-A 0 Shoot 94.0 *
CORIANDRONE-B 0 Plant 1.3 *
CORIANDRONE-B 0 Shoot 50.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 9 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Cytotoxic (Breast) 2 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Colon) 2 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Lung) 2 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Decongestant 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant 1 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Demulcent 2 *
Dentifrice 2 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 2 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic 1 *