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
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Fruit	not available	960.0	1.41	Abstract (See species file)
P-HYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID	13	Plant	252.0	333.0	-1.00	Abstract (See species file)
P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	1.1	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Fruit	2160.0	16800.0	-0.10	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	58200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID-ETHYL-ESTER	1	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Fruit	1000.0	1097.0	-0.14	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PECTIN	24	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PENTADECANAL	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
PENTOSANS	0	Fruit	not available	100000.0	0.21	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
PETROSELINIC-ACID	0	Fruit	40700.0	111300.0	0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	718000.0	0.76	Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	3907.0	4687.0	0.45	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS	4	Leaf	720.0	6452.0	0.27	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PHYTOSTEROLS	2	Fruit	not available	460.0	-0.63	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	11866.0	14781.0	-0.28	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POTASSIUM	14	Leaf	5600.0	48177.0	0.79	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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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.