Plant Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
LEUCINE	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Fruit	34.0	1238.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Seed Essent. Oil	15500.0	18950.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Fruit	4060.0	16900.0	2.26	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL-OXIDE	0	Fruit	2.0	21.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Essential Oil	not available	568000.0	1.96	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Fruit	400.0	10250.0	2.28	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Seed Essent. Oil	414190.0	742300.0	2.22	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	207780.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Fruit	2.0	21.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Fruit	13030.0	18260.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Seed	not available	132000.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Fruit	2939.0	4016.0	0.87	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM	65	Leaf	6940.0	7488.0	1.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiandrogenic	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiapertif	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiapoplectic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	9	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	43	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.