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
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide	4	Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279.
Larvistat	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	8	Duke, 1992 *
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	8	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-B-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAPK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Melaninogenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Melatoninogenic	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)