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Plant Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae)

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.
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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)