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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
TERPINOLENE 9 Essential Oil *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit 13.0 26.0 -0.59 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINOLENE 9 Seed Essent. Oil 5300.0 -0.30 *
TETRADECAN-1-AL 0 Seed Essent. Oil 1800.0 *
TETRADECANAL 0 Leaf 132.0 1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 2.0 3.0 -0.30 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 1.0 16.0 1.60 *
THREONINE 4 Leaf *
THYMOL 71 Seed Essent. Oil 68140.0 1.41 *
TOLUENE 1 Leaf 117.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-2-DECANAL 0 Fruit 1.0 18.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-2-DODECANAL 0 Fruit 9.0 114.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-ANETHOLE 8 Fruit 1.0 2.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 900.0 *
TRANS-CITRAL 0 Essential Oil *
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Fruit Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRANS-P-COUMARIC-ACID 0 Fruit 1120.0 Abstract (See species file)
TRANS-P-COUMARIC-ACID 0 Plant 173.0 Abstract (See species file)
TRANS-TRIDEC-2-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit *
TRANS-TRIDECEN-(2)-AL-(1) 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Keratitigenic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Lipolytic 3 *
Lipotropic 2 *
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 *
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 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor 2 *
MAO-B-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer 1 *
Melaninogenic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Melatoninogenic 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)