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
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	18.0	19.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Leaf	not available	64.0	-0.35	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
METHIONINE	15	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	13.0	169.0	-0.36	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE	22	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	6500.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Fruit	200.0	219.0	-0.26	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTICIN	31	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRTENAL	5	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	1600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEPTADECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-OCTADECANE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TETRADECANOIC-ACID	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	5700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-TRIACONTANE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCNIDILIDE	0	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.
NEROL	10	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL	10	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NEROL	10	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	6150.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
NEROL-ACETATE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	1900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEROLIDOL	11	Fruit	14.0	17.0	-0.72	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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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
PGE2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Photocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photodermatitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phototoxic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Phytoalexin	4	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Phytohormonal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Poultice	1	Martindale's 29th
Preservative	2	Merck 11th Edition
Progestational	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Proliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *