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
GERANIOL	35	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Fruit	34.0	442.0	2.10	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Seed Essent. Oil	6720.0	69700.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL-ACETATE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	10850.0	49600.0	0.51	Duke, 1992 *
GERANYL-ACETATE	5	Fruit	52.0	988.0	0.72	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GLUCOSE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE	12	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEPTADECANE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
HISTIDINE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOERIODICTYOL	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
IRON	6	Fruit	112.0	227.0	0.37	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	30.0	528.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE	3	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOSCOPOLETIN	1	Plant	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-(2,3-DI-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE)	0	Plant	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-ALPHA-L-(3-TRANS-P-COUMAROYL-RHAMNOPYRANOSIDE)	0	Plant	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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)