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Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 21.0 | 23.0 | -0.50 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| NIACIN | 39 | Leaf | 13.0 | 136.0 | 0.47 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Fruit | not available | 2.4 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONAN-1-AL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANAL | 0 | Fruit | 1.0 | 18.0 | -0.06 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| NONYL-ALDEHYDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| OCIMENE | 2 | 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. |
| OCTADECA-5,6-DIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECANE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| OCTANOL | 0 | Leaf | not available | 504.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | 39930.0 | 167819.0 | 0.81 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | 94000.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Fruit | not available | 120.0 | -0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | not available | 50.0 | -0.47 | Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp. |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Fruit | not available | 16.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Fruit | 74.0 | 728.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 900.0 | -1.55 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMOL | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 67300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Gonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Gram(+)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gram(-)icide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GST-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hallucinogenic | 1 | Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp. |
| Hemolytic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Hemostat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hemostatic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Hepatocarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatomagenic | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp. |
| Hepatoprotective | 16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hepatotoxic | 3 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Hepatotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Herbicide | 15 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histamine-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Histaminic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HIV-RT-Inhibitor | 1 | Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990. |
| Hormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |