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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TRIACONTAN-1-OL 1 Seed *
TRIACONTANE 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
TRIACONTANOL 3 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
TRICOSAN-1-OL 0 Seed *
TRICOSANOL 0 Fruit Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
TRIDECANAL 0 Leaf 168.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf *
TYROSINE 8 Fruit *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Fruit *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant 0.1 *
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Shoot *
UMBELLIPRENIN 0 Fruit *
UNDECAN-1-AL 0 Essential Oil *
UNDECAN-1-AL 0 Seed Essent. Oil 0.2 *
UNDECANAL 2 Fruit 1.0 8.0 1.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
UNDECANAL 2 Leaf 304.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
VALINE 3 Fruit *
VALINE 3 Leaf *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Fruit 960.0 1.00 Abstract (See species file)
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Plant 221.0 347.0 1.41 Abstract (See species file)
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 3 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 5 Azuma, Y., Onishi, Y., Sato, Y., Kizaki, H. 1995. Effects of Protein Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors With Different Modes of Action on Topoisomerase Activity and Death of IL-2-Dependent CTLL-2-Cells. J Biochemistry, 118: 312-318.
Tracheorelaxant 1 *
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 6 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 9 Martindale's 29th
Triglycerigenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumor-Promoter 2 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 4 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 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.
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th