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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
LEUCINE 2 Fruit *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 34.0 1238.0 -0.57 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed Essent. Oil 15500.0 18950.0 -0.79 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit 4060.0 16900.0 2.26 *
LINALOL-OXIDE 0 Fruit 2.0 21.0 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil 568000.0 1.96 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit 400.0 10250.0 2.28 *
LINALOOL 53 Seed Essent. Oil 414190.0 742300.0 2.22 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 207780.0 1.41 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Fruit 2.0 21.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 13030.0 18260.0 -0.10 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 132000.0 0.21 *
LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Essential Oil *
LYSINE 4 Fruit *
LYSINE 4 Leaf *
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Memorigenic 2 *
Memory-Enhancer 1 Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator 3 McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper) 1 Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor 1 *
Metastatic 1 Science News, 146: 421.
Miotic 1 Martindale's 29th
MMP-9-Inhibitor 1 *
Molluscicide 4 *
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide 1 *
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 3 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic 2 Martindale's 29th
Musculotropic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 6 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Mycobactericide 1 *
Myocontractant 1 *
Myopic 1 *