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Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 13 | Fruit | not available | 960.0 | 1.41 | Abstract (See species file) |
| P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | 252.0 | 333.0 | -1.00 | Abstract (See species file) |
| P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID | 1 | Plant | not available | 1.1 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Fruit | 2160.0 | 16800.0 | -0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 58200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER | 1 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | 1000.0 | 1097.0 | -0.14 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PECTIN | 24 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PENTADECANAL | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| PENTOSANS | 0 | Fruit | not available | 100000.0 | 0.21 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | 40700.0 | 111300.0 | 0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | 718000.0 | 0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 3907.0 | 4687.0 | 0.45 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Leaf | 720.0 | 6452.0 | 0.27 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Fruit | not available | 460.0 | -0.63 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 11866.0 | 14781.0 | -0.28 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Leaf | 5600.0 | 48177.0 | 0.79 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Osteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Oxytocic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P21-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 1 | Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators) |
| Parasympathomimetic | 2 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Pediculicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfume | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Perfumery | 27 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Peristaltic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 59 | Duke, 1992 * |