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Plant Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
NIACIN 39 Fruit 21.0 23.0 -0.50 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NIACIN 39 Leaf 13.0 136.0 0.47 Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL 3 Fruit not available 2.4 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
NONAN-1-AL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL 0 Fruit 1.0 18.0 -0.06 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NONYL-ALDEHYDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
OCIMENE 2 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.
OCTADECA-5,6-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECANE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OCTANOL 0 Leaf not available 504.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 39930.0 167819.0 0.81 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed not available 94000.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Fruit not available 120.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID 9 Leaf not available 50.0 -0.47 Watt, J.M. and Breyer-Brandwijk, M.G. 1962. The Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of Southern and Eastern Africa. E. & S. Livingstone, Ltd. Edinburg & London. 1457 pp.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Fruit not available 16.0 -0.70 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit 74.0 728.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Seed Essent. Oil not available 900.0 -1.55 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 67300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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)