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
CIS-FERULIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	467.0	not available	Abstract (See species file)
CIS-LINALOOL-OXIDE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	1800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-OCIMENE	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-P-COUMARIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	1440.0	not available	Abstract (See species file)
CIS-P-COUMARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	273.0	not available	Abstract (See species file)
CITRONELLOL	15	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Fruit	0.0	8.0	-0.02	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CITRONELLOL	15	Seed Essent. Oil	6150.0	14620.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Fruit	not available	0.9	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	10.0	13.0	0.01	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Leaf	not available	18.0	-0.27	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
CORIANDRIN	1	Plant	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRIN	1	Shoot	4.2	106.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRINOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRINONEDIOL	0	Seed	not available	60.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDROL	1	Fruit	400.0	10250.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRONE-A	0	Plant	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRONE-A	0	Shoot	not available	94.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRONE-B	0	Plant	not available	1.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CORIANDRONE-B	0	Shoot	not available	50.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
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).