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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Fruit | 2.0 | 155.0 | -0.29 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Seed Essent. Oil | 2100.0 | 7600.0 | 1.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Fruit | 100.0 | 1300.0 | 1.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 58300.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRINALDEHYDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 549900.0 | 603240.0 | -0.96 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Leaf | 73000.0 | 589000.0 | -0.18 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| CARVONE | 19 | Fruit | 21.0 | 26.0 | -0.50 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Fruit | 1.0 | 8.0 | -0.40 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Fruit | 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. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 3610.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Plant | 305.0 | 320.0 | -0.68 | Abstract (See species file) |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Seed | not available | 1387.0 | -0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | not available | 28.8 | 3.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CINNAMIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | 40.0 | 1.00 | Abstract (See species file) |
| CIS-FERULIC-ACID | 0 | Fruit | not available | 1360.0 | not available | Abstract (See species file) |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Serotoninergic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Soap | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 6 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spasmolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Spermicide | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Stimulant | 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. |
| Sunscreen | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Surfactant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sweetener | 4 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Tachycardic | 1 | 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. |
| Teratologic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |