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Plant Coriandrum sativum (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Coriander; Chinese Parsley; Cilantro
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
LEUCINE 2 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 34.0 1238.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed Essent. Oil 15500.0 18950.0 -0.79 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit 4060.0 16900.0 2.26 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL-OXIDE 0 Fruit 2.0 21.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available 568000.0 1.96 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Fruit 400.0 10250.0 2.28 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Seed Essent. Oil 414190.0 742300.0 2.22 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-ACETATE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 207780.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL-OXIDE 0 Fruit 2.0 21.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 13030.0 18260.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed not available 132000.0 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 2939.0 4016.0 0.87 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MAGNESIUM 65 Leaf 6940.0 7488.0 1.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 9 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 9 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.