An official website of the United States government.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Prooxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 2 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Psychoactive | 1 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
| Psychotropic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 3 | Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216. |
| Radioprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Renoirritant | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Renotoxic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirainhibitor | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Respirastimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Rubefacient | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Secretogogue | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 24 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |