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
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	23200.0	-0.59	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ANGELICIN	17	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ANGELICIN	17	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	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.
ARGININE	14	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Fruit	not available	920.0	-0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	780.0	6290.0	0.14	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	19000.0	153000.0	0.60	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH	0	Seed	6000.0	6600.0	-1.24	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-4-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	0	Fruit	not available	8.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	29.0	228.0	-0.15	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	not available	0.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	1600.0	55470.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Fruit	1.0	13.0	-0.47	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.

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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
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	11	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myotonic	1	Martindale's 29th
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	15	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter	2	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	3	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nodulation-Signal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Occuloirritant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	7	Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.