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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CORIANDRONE-C 0 Plant 0.1 *
CORIANDRONE-D 0 Plant 0.1 *
CORIANDRONE-E 0 Plant 0.6 *
CYSTINE 2 Fruit *
D-DECYLALDEHYDE 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
D-MANNITOL 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DAPHNETIN-8-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE 0 Plant 0.1 *
DAUCOSTEROL 5 Seed *
DEC-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Essential Oil *
DECAN-1-AL 1 Essential Oil *
DECAN-1-AL 1 Seed Essent. Oil 1500.0 *
DECAN-1-OL 0 Essential Oil *
DECANAL 0 Fruit 6.0 80.0 0.45 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DECANAL 0 Leaf 1005.0 1.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DECYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Fruit 2.0 27.0 *
DECYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 70100.0 *
DECYLIC-ACID-ESTER 0 Fruit ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DELTA-5,6-OCTADECENIC-ACID 0 Fruit *
DELTA-5,6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Fruit List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DELTA-SITOSTEROL 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 2 *
Diuretic 12 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DME-Inhibitor 1 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic 1 *
Edemagenic 1 *
Embryotoxic 1 *
Emetic 5 *
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Energizer 1 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Epileptigenic 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.
Ergogenic 1 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.