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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.
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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 6 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
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